The story of Bawang Merah Bawang Putih unfolds in the present day, but takes a moral message from the original, famous Indonesian folktale; Bawang Merah Bawang Putih.

Bawang Merah Bawang Putih is about two pretty girls, who are neighbors and study at the same school. Alya is a diligent student who plays the character of Bawang Putih in the opera of Bawang Merah Bawang Putih, while Siska plays Bawang Merah, they are known as Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih in their school because the opera was a big success. Both teenagers have their own circle of friends. Siska lives with her mother, Rika, who is divorced from her father, her father is in jail because of corruption, so they live in affliction. Alya lives happily with her parents, her father Indra, is a successful businessman, while Yasmin, her mother, is a friendly housewife.

Siska's character as Bawang Merah in the opera continues in her life. Bawang Merah and her mother are jealous of Bawang Putih's life. Rika and Siska are very good at acting so Alya and her mother don't realize that Siska and her mother resent them.

When Ferdi, a new student, falls in love with Bawang Putih, Siska starts to hate Bawang Putih more each day. Ferdi actually comes from a rich family, but he ran away from home and lives simply in Jakarta, because he cannot stand his father who is very strict. Bawang Merah tries to separate Ferdi and Bawang Putih constantly. While, Rika also tries to destroy Yasmin's family. Rika acts so good that Yasmin treats her not as a neighbor, but as a sister. Yasmin always helps her, especially when it comes to money.

Finally, Rika has a chance to poison Yasmin, and she dies, before her death, she gets the chance to tell her daughter to be careful of Rika, but Bawang Putih gets the message wrong. She thinks that her mother asks her to take Rika into her life after her mother died. Rika keeps trying to win Indra until finally they get married and she moves into his house with her daughter, after this, Bawang Putih lives in agony and suffering. But her agony doesn't make her change, she takes her suffering with patience so God blesses her.

She makes friends with a fairy that no one can see. There is no eternal crime. Goodness finally overcomes evil. Finally Bawang Putih lives happily, while Bawang Merah and her mother pay for their past actions.

Indonesia
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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is the worlds largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands. At 1,904,569 square kilometres, Indonesia is

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A Borobudur ship carved on Borobudur, c. 800 CE. Indonesian outrigger boats may have made trade voyages to the east coast of Africa as early as the 1st century CE.

Indonesian Language
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Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It is a register of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world, of its large population, the majority speak Indonesian, making it one of the most widely spok

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Traffic sign in Indonesia.

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Indonesian is official language in Indonesia, used in all aspects, such as education. Ujian Nasional (national examination) is written in Indonesian and the language itself is one of the examination subjects.

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Indonesian is also the language of Indonesian mass media, such as magazines. Printed and broadcast mass media are encouraged to use proper Indonesian, although more relaxed popular slang often prevails.

Hawaiian language
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The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is a language of the state of Hawaii. King Kamehameha III established the first Hawaiian-language constitution in 1839 and 1840, Hawaiian was essentially disp

RCTI
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RCTI is Indonesias first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. The networks flagship program is Seputar Indonesia, which later expanded to four editions in February 2009. Presenters include Michael Tjandra, Inne Sudjono, Dian Mirza, Ariyo Ardi, on 6 November 1988, state broadcaster TVRI lost its monopoly when the governme

Malaysia
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Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur,

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"Malaysia" used as a label for the Malay Archipelago on a 1914 map from a United States atlas

TV3 (Malaysia)
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TV3 is a Malaysian private, free-to-air television channel owned and operated by the Media Prima Berhad, a Malaysian conglomerate. It began broadcasting on 1 June 1984, now it broadcasts 24 hours a day. Similar to most television stations in Southeast Asia, TV3 is known for its Soap operas, TV3 began broadcasting on 1 June 1984 at 18,00 local time,

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TV3 Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad

United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean,

Hawaii
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Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America, having received statehood on August 21,1959. Hawaii is the only U. S. state located in Oceania and it is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is the only U. S. state not located in the Am

KGMB
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KGMB, virtual channel 5, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. All three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulus Kapālama neighborhood, KGMBs transmitter is located in Akupu. Syndicated programming on KGMB includes Entertainment Tonight, America Now, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the stat

KHNL
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KHNL, virtual channel 13, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. All three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in downtown Honolulu, KGMBs transmitter is located in Palehua, syndicated programming on KHNL includes Modern Family, Right This Minute, The Doctors and CSI, Miami. On May 5,1957, Kaiser B

English language
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English /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the global lingua franca. Named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to England, English is either the official language or one of the official languages in almost 60 sovereign states. It is the third most common language i

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The opening to the Old English epic poem Beowulf, handwritten in half-uncial script: Hƿæt ƿē Gārde/na ingēar dagum þēod cyninga / þrym ge frunon... "Listen! We of the Spear-Danes from days of yore have heard of the glory of the folk-kings..."

Sinetron
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A soap opera, soap, or soapie, is a serial drama on television or radio that examines the lives of many characters, usually focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama. The term soap opera originated from such dramas being typically sponsored by soap manufacturers in the past, the first serial considered to be a soap opera was Pai

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A scene from EastEnders on Christmas Day 1986, watched by 30.15 million viewers. The story, in which Den Watts served his wife Angie with divorce papers, was the highest-rated soap episode in British history, and the highest-rated program in the UK during the 1980s.

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Leah Thys, actress in the Belgian soap Thuis. At the back Peter Rouffaer is visible.

Cinderella
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Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world, the title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances, that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune. The oldest documented version comes from China, and

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Charles Robinson illustrated Cinderella in the kitchen (1900), from "Tales of Passed Times" with stories by Charles Perrault.

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Alexander Zick illustrated Cinderella with the doves, inspired by the Grimms' version.

Panasonic Awards
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The Panasonic Gobel Awards, are the annual awards presented to television programs and performances in Indonesia based on a peoples choice poll. The first award was held in 1997 in partnership with Tabloid Citra, Media Nusantara Citra have conducted the awards since 2000 and its broadcasting rights have been held by RCTI. Since 2003, MNCTV and Glob

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Subsidiaries

TVRI
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Televisi Republik Indonesia is a state-owned, public broadcasting television network and the oldest television entity in Indonesia. It is based in Senayan, Central Jakarta, TVRI monopolized television broadcasting in Indonesia until 1989, when the first private television station RCTI went on air. In 1961, the Indonesian government decided to inclu

Pele (mythology)
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In the Hawaiian religion, Pele, the Fire Goddess, is the goddess of fire, lightning, wind and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Epithets of the goddess include Pele-honua-mea and Ka wahine ʻai honua, there are several traditional legends associated with Pele in Hawaiian mythology. In addition to being recognized as the goddess of v

Entertainment Tonight
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As of 2015, the programs weekday broadcasts are currently anchored by Nancy ODell and Kevin Frazier, while the weekend editions are anchored by Cameron Mathison and Nischelle Turner. It is the entertainment news program on television, having made its premiere telecast on September 14,1981. It was announced on January 30,2006, that Entertainment Ton

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Entertainment Tonight

The Insider (TV series)
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The Insider is an American syndicated television newsmagazine that is distributed by CBS Television Distribution. According to Nielsen, the program runs in second-to-last place in the ratings among the syndicated newsmagazines. OBrien – who was the original co-host of syndication competitor Access Hollywood from 1996 to 2003 – remained co-host of T

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The Insider

Charles Perrault
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Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new genre, the fairy tale. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, Cendrillon, Le Chat Botté, La Belle au bois Dormant, some of Perraults versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers

Brothers Grimm
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Their first collection of folk tales, Childrens and Household Tales, was published in 1812. The brothers spent their formative years in the German town of Hanau and their fathers death in 1796 caused great poverty for the family and affected the brothers for many years after. They both attended the University of Marburg where they developed a curio

Fairy godmother
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In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. In Perraults Cinderella, he concludes the tale with the moral that no personal advantages will suffice without proper connections. The fairy godmother is a case of t

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Illustration to Cinderella by Gustave Doré: the fairy godmother preparing an enchantment for her goddaughter.

Wicked stepmother
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Wicked Stepmother is a 1989 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It is best known for being the last film of Bette Davis, who withdrew from the project after filming began, citing problems with the script. Cohen later claimed she really dropped out due to ill health, the actress died eight months after the film was r

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Theatrical release poster

Prince Charming
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Prince Charming is a fairy tale character who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress, and stereotypically, must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. The prominence of the character makes him an obvious target for revisionist fairy tales. Prince Charming is also used as a term to refer to the man some people dream of as a futur

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Prince Charming of Sleeping Beauty

Cinderella (1899 film)
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Cinderella is an 1899 French film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was released by Mélièss Star Film Company and is numbered 219–224 in its catalogues, the casts of Mélièss films are in many cases unidentified. Most of the listing is based on cast identifications made by the film scholars Georges Sadoul, J

Cinderella (1914 film)
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Cinderella is a 1914 silent film starring Mary Pickford, directed by James Kirkwood, Sr. produced by Daniel Frohman, and released by Famous Players Film Company. The film is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella, the film was released on Blu-ray & DVD as a bonus feature from the DVD of Through the Back Door. Cinderella is a young woman who lives wit

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Theatrical release poster

First Love (1939 film)
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First Love is a 1939 American musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. Based on the fairy tale Cinderella, the film is about an orphan who is sent to live with her wealthy aunt and her life is made difficult by her snobby cousin who arranges that she stay home while the rest of the family attends a major social ball. With t

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Cinderella (1947 film)

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Cinderella Золушка

Cinderella (1950 film)
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Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault, it is the twelfth Disney animated feature film, directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wilfred Jackson. Songs were written by Mack David, Jerr

The Glass Slipper
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The Glass Slipper is a musical film adaptation of Cinderella, made by MGM, directed by Charles Walters and produced by Edwin H. Knopf from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch. The music score is by Bronislau Kaper, the cinematography by Arthur E. Arling, the film received its network television premiere divided into two episodes on the 1967 ABC-TV anthol

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Original film poster

Cinderfella
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Cinderfella is a comedy film adaptation of the classic Cinderella story, with most characters changed in gender from female to male and starring Jerry Lewis as Fella. It was released December 16,1960 by Paramount Pictures, when Fellas father dies, he continues to live with his wicked stepmother, Emily, and her two sons, Maximilian and Rupert. His s

Stop! Look! and Laugh
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Look. and Laugh. is a 1960 feature-length Three Stooges compilation featuring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard. Eleven of the Stooges shorts were shown and bridged together with segments featuring Paul Winchell and his dummies, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. Near the end of the film, the Marquis Chimps perform a version of Cinderella

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Stop! Look! and Laugh!

More Than a Miracle
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More Than a Miracle is a 1967 film also titled Cinderella Italian Style and Happily Ever After. It stars Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif and Dolores del Río, the movie has a fairy tale narrative. Filmed in the countryside outside of Naples, Francesco Rosi directed, the theme music was a hit for Roger Williams, reaching #2 on Billboards survey. Sergio Fra

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Sophia Loren and Omar Sharif in More Than a Miracle

The Slipper and the Rose
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The Slipper and the Rose is a 1976 British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. This film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976, Prince Edward of Euphrania returns home after being sent to meet the princess Selena, whom his parents have arranged for him to marry. However, The Prince re

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Maid to Order
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Maid to Order is a 1987 American comedy/fantasy film starring Ally Sheedy, Beverly DAngelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, Tom Skerritt, and Merry Clayton. This film is a variation on the Cinderella formula, the fairy godmother is not the means to a better life for the heroine. Stella is Jessies primary obstacle to achieving her wish

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Theatrical release poster

Cinderella (1994 film)
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Cinderella, originally released directly to video in 1994, is a 48-minute animated film adapted from the classic fairy tale, Cinderella by Charles Perrault. The movie was produced by Jetlag Productions and was distributed to DVD in 2002 by GoodTimes Entertainment as part of their Collectible Classics line, a wealthy and kind-hearted gentleman has a

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Cinderella

Ever After
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Ever After is a 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the fairy tale Cinderella. It is directed by Andy Tennant and stars Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, the screenplay is written by Tennant, Susannah Grant, and Rick Parks. The original music score is composed by George Fenton, the films closing theme song Put Your Arms Around Me is perfor

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Theatrical release poster

A Cinderella Story
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A Cinderella Story is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Mark Rosman, written by Leigh Dunlap and stars Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge and Regina King. A modernization of the classic Cinderella folk lore, the plot revolves around two Internet pen pals who plan meet in person at their high schools Halloween dance.

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Theatrical release poster

Ella Enchanted (film)
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Ella Enchanted is a 2004 fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Tommy OHaver and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith loosely based on Gail Carson Levines 1997 novel of the same name. Starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy, the plays with the usual fairy tale genre. The film is a co-production between companies in the United States, Ir

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Theatrical release poster

Cinderella (2006 film)
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Cinderella is a 2006 South Korean horror film. It was directed by Bong Man-dae and starred Do Ji-won and Shin Se-kyung, a figure carries a birthday cake into a room but drops it in shock as another unknown person commits suicide by hanging herself. Su-kyoung is lying on an operating table ready to undergo plastic surgery and she is extremely nervou

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Poster to Cinderella (2006)

Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale
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Elle, A Modern Cinderella Tale is a 2010 American teen musical comedy-drama film directed by John and Sean Dunson and starring Ashlee Hewitt and Sterling Knight. The screenplay was written by Bo Ransdell, Ryan Dean and Thomas Martin and produced by Sean Dunson, John Dunson, Hewitt stars as Elle Daniels, an intern who dreams of becoming a singer. He

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Promotional Poster

Poor Cinderella
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Poor Cinderella is a 1934 Fleischer Studio animated short film featuring Betty Boop. The first entry in the Color Classics series, Poor Cinderella was Fleischer Studios first color film, in this retelling of the Cinderella story, Betty is the title character, a poor young woman forced to be the virtual slave of her two ugly stepsisters. Betty/Cinde

Cinderella Meets Fella
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Cinderella Meets Fella is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on July 23,1938. This short was directed by Tex Avery, the short was written by Tedd Pierce and animated by Virgil Ross. The story starts out as normal, but Cinderella notices the Fairy Godmother is gone, so she calls the police, after some of Fairy Godmothers mixed up magic,

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Title card

Swing Shift Cinderella
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Swing Shift Cinderella is an animated cartoon short subject. It is in the vein as Red Hot Riding Hood. Frank Graham voiced the wolf, and Colleen Collins voiced Cinderella, at the beginning, the Big Bad Wolf is chasing the young version of Little Red Riding Hood from the beginning of Red Hot Riding Hood. But then Little Red stops and points out that

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Title screen

The Magic Riddle
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The Magic Riddle is a 1991 Australian animated feature film directed and written by Yoram Gross. Robyn Moore provides the voice of Cindy and various other characters, Cindy, short for Cinderella, lives with her widowed stepmother and two stepsisters, Bertha and Ertha. Cindy is forced to do all of the housework and is effectively a servant, the wido

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Original movie poster

Year of the Fish
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Year of the Fish is a 2007 American animated film based on Ye Xian, a ninth-century Chinese variant of the fairy tale Cinderella, starring Tsai Chin, Randall Duk Kim, Ken Leung and An Nguyen. Written and directed by David Kaplan, the film is set in a parlor in modern-day New Yorks Chinatown. The film was produced by Janet Yang and produced by Rocco

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Theatrical release poster

Princess Cinderella

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Princess Cinderella

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
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Cinderella II, Dreams Come True is the first direct-to-video sequel to the 1950 Disney film Cinderella. It was made in 2001 and released on February 26,2002 and it was followed by Cinderella III, A Twist in Time in 2007. In the royal palace, Cinderellas mice friends Gus and Jaq head to a chamber where the Fairy Godmother is reading the story of Cin

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DVD cover art

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
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Cinderella III, A Twist in Time is the second direct-to-video sequel to the 1950 Walt Disney Pictures animated classic Cinderella. The film was released on February 6,2007 and was directed by Frank Nissen and features the voices of Jennifer Hale and it made its world television premiere on Toon Disney on December 3,2007. Cinderella and the Prince a

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Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

Another Cinderella Story
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The film was released on DVD on September 16,2008. This film is a retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale in a setting with Mary Santiago. Tami, Marys only friend serves as the fairy godmother, a school dance substitutes for the ball, with the role of the glass slipper filled by a Zune. However, she said that the characters are so wafer thin they ba

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DVD cover

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
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A Cinderella Story, Once Upon a Song is a 2011 teen comedy musical film, directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Lucy Hale, Freddie Stroma, Megan Park, Manu Narayan and Missi Pyle. The film is a sequel to the 2008 film, Another Cinderella Story, the film was released on DVD on September 6,2011. 17-year-old aspiring singer Katie Gibbs is over-wo

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DVD cover

Cinderella Monogatari

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Cover art from the first volume of the DVD release of Cinderella Monogatari

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Cover to Cinderella From Fabletown With Love #1. Art by Chrissie Zullo.

Cinderalla

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Cover of the Japanese first edition

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Indonesia
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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is the worlds largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands. At 1,904,569 square kilometres, Indonesia is the worlds 14th-largest country in terms of area and worlds 7th-largest country in terms of combined sea. It has an population of over 260 million people and is the worlds fourth most populous country. The worlds most populous island, Java, contains more than half of the countrys population, Indonesias republican form of government includes an elected legislature and president. Indonesia has 34 provinces, of which five have Special Administrative status and its capital and countrys most populous city is Jakarta, which is also the most populous city in Southeast Asia and the second in Asia. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, other neighbouring countries include Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support the second highest level of biodiversity. The country has abundant natural resources like oil and natural gas, tin, copper, agriculture mainly produces rice, palm oil, tea, coffee, cacao, medicinal plants, spices and rubber. Indonesias major trading partners are Japan, United States, China, the Indonesian archipelago has been an important region for trade since at least the 7th century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources. Indonesia consists of hundreds of native ethnic and linguistic groups. The largest – and politically dominant – ethnic group are the Javanese, a shared identity has developed, defined by a national language, ethnic diversity, religious pluralism within a Muslim-majority population, and a history of colonialism and rebellion against it. Indonesias national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, articulates the diversity that shapes the country, Indonesias economy is the worlds 16th largest by nominal GDP and the 8th largest by GDP at PPP, the largest in Southeast Asia, and is considered an emerging market and newly industrialised country. Indonesia has been a member of the United Nations since 1950, Indonesia is a member of the G20 major economies and World Trade Organization. The name Indonesia derives from the Greek name of the Indós, the name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850, George Windsor Earl, an English ethnologist, proposed the terms Indunesians—and, his preference, in the same publication, one of his students, James Richardson Logan, used Indonesia as a synonym for Indian Archipelago. However, Dutch academics writing in East Indies publications were reluctant to use Indonesia, they preferred Malay Archipelago, the Netherlands East Indies, popularly Indië, the East, and Insulinde

Indonesia
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A Borobudur ship carved on Borobudur, c. 800 CE. Indonesian outrigger boats may have made trade voyages to the east coast of Africa as early as the 1st century CE.
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Indonesia
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The nutmeg plant is native to Indonesia's Banda Islands.
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Tan Malaka, Indonesian philosopher, guerilla, and national hero.

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Indonesian Language
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Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. It is a register of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world, of its large population, the majority speak Indonesian, making it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. However, most formal education, and nearly all national mass media, governance, administration, judiciary, the Indonesian name for the language is Bahasa Indonesia or sometimes simplified as Bahasa. This term is occasionally found in English and other languages. Indonesian is a register of Riau Malay, which despite its common name is not the Malay dialect native to Riau. Originally spoken in Northeast Sumatra, Malay has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for half a millennium and it might be attributed to its ancestor, the Old Malay language. The Kedukan Bukit Inscription is the oldest surviving specimen of Old Malay, trade contacts carried on by various ethnic peoples at the time were the main vehicle for spreading the Old Malay language, which was the main communications medium among the traders. Ultimately, the Old Malay language became a lingua franca and was spoken widely by most people in the archipelago, Indonesian is essentially the same language as the official Malaysian, Singaporean and Brunei standards of Malay. However, it does differ from Malaysian in several respects, with differences in pronunciation and these differences are due mainly to the Dutch and Javanese influences on Indonesian. Indonesian was also influenced by the Melayu pasar, which was the lingua franca of the archipelago in colonial times, and thus indirectly by other spoken languages of the islands. Malaysian Malay claims to be closer to the classical Malay of earlier centuries, even though modern Malaysian has been influenced, in lexicon as well as in syntax. The question of whether High Malay or Low Malay was the parent of the Indonesian language is still in debate. Some linguists have argued that it was the more common Low Malay that formed the base of the Indonesian language, however, the language had never been dominant among the population of the Indonesian archipelago as it was limited to mercantile activity. The VOC adopted the Malay language as the language of their trading outpost in the east. Following the bankruptcy of the VOC the Dutch crown took control of the colony in 1799 and it was then that education in. Even then, Dutch administrators were reluctant to promote the use of Dutch compared to other colonial regimes. Dutch thus remained the language of a elite, in 1940

Indonesian Language
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Traffic sign in Indonesia.
Indonesian Language
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Indonesian is official language in Indonesia, used in all aspects, such as education. Ujian Nasional (national examination) is written in Indonesian and the language itself is one of the examination subjects.
Indonesian Language
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Indonesian is also the language of Indonesian mass media, such as magazines. Printed and broadcast mass media are encouraged to use proper Indonesian, although more relaxed popular slang often prevails.

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Hawaiian language
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The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is a language of the state of Hawaii. King Kamehameha III established the first Hawaiian-language constitution in 1839 and 1840, Hawaiian was essentially displaced by English on six of seven inhabited islands. In 2001, native speakers of Hawaiian amounted to under 0. 1% of the statewide population, linguists were unsure that Hawaiian and other endangered languages would survive. Nevertheless, from around 1949 to the present day, there has been an increase in attention to. Public Hawaiian-language immersion preschools called Pūnana Leo were started in 1984, the first students to start in immersion preschool have now graduated from college and many are fluent Hawaiian speakers. The federal government has acknowledged this development, for example, the Hawaiian National Park Language Correction Act of 2000 changed the names of several national parks in Hawaiʻi, observing the Hawaiian spelling. A pidgin or creole language spoken in Hawaiʻi is Hawaiian Pidgin and it should not be mistaken for the Hawaiian language nor for a dialect of English. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters, five vowels and seven consonants and it contains an additional consonantal sound okina which is a glottal stop. The island name was first written in English in 1778 by British explorer James Cook and they wrote it as Owhyhee or Owhyee. Explorers Mortimer and Otto von Kotzebue used that spelling, the initial O in the name is a reflection of the fact that unique identity is predicated in Hawaiian by using a copula form, o, immediately before a proper noun. Thus, in Hawaiian, the name of the island is expressed by saying O Hawaiʻi, the Cook expedition also wrote Otaheite rather than Tahiti. The spelling why in the name reflects the pronunciation of wh in 18th-century English, the spelling hee or ee in the name represents the sounds, or. Putting the parts together, O-why-ee reflects, an approximation of the native pronunciation. American missionaries bound for Hawaiʻi used the phrases Owhihe Language and Owhyhee language in Boston prior to their departure in October 1819 and they still used such phrases as late as March 1822. However, by July 1823, they had begun using the phrase Hawaiian Language, in Hawaiian, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi means Hawaiian language, as adjectives follow nouns. Hawaiian is a Polynesian member of the Austronesian language family and it is closely related to other Polynesian languages, such as Marquesan, Tahitian, Māori, Rapa Nui, and less closely to Samoan and Tongan. According to Schütz, the Marquesans colonized the archipelago in roughly 300 CE followed by waves of immigration from the Society Islands

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RCTI
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RCTI is Indonesias first privately owned television network and is based in West Jakarta. The networks flagship program is Seputar Indonesia, which later expanded to four editions in February 2009. Presenters include Michael Tjandra, Inne Sudjono, Dian Mirza, Ariyo Ardi, on 6 November 1988, state broadcaster TVRI lost its monopoly when the governments sixth 4-year plan allowed private television stations to begin broadcasting. RCTI was officially inaugurated on the morning of 24 August 1989 by President Soeharto as Indonesias first privately owned commercial broadcasting terrestrial television network, evening programming was launched by Minister of Information Harmoko. It initially broadcast to the Jakarta area from Jabodetabek as a pay television channel and was awarded a nationwide license one year later. It now has 48 relay stations around Indonesia and reaches 180 million viewers and it is 100 percent owned by PT Media Nusantara Citra, which also owns Global TV and 75 percent of MNCTV, both private Indonesian television stations. Transmission hours are 5,30 am to 10,30 pm daily and during Ramadhan it plays a national anthem, the flagship news program is Seputar Indonesia, which has morning, lunchtime, evening and late night editions. RCTI also broadcasts quiz shows, including the Indonesian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which ran from 2001 to 2006. Cartoon shows include Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan, RCTI only shows Maghrib prayer in some cities, including Jakarta and Bandung. Some RCTI stations show local programming and they are mostly shown during the two closing segments of Seputar Indonesia Pagi. RCTI is available as a channel in East Timor, but only in Dili and other cities such as Ermera. RCTI is also available in Malaysia as a channel in Johor Bahru. RCTI is the only Indonesian free-to-air TV channel to be broadcast free-to-air outside Indonesia, list of TV Stations in Indonesia Television in Indonesia MNCTV Global TV iNews TV Media Nusantara Citra Official Site

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Malaysia
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Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government, with a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia, located in the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth, with large numbers of endemic species. Malaysia has its origins in the Malay kingdoms present in the area which, from the 18th century, the first British territories were known as the Straits Settlements, whose establishment was followed by the Malay kingdoms becoming British protectorates. The territories on Peninsular Malaysia were first unified as the Malayan Union in 1946, Malaya was restructured as the Federation of Malaya in 1948, and achieved independence on 31 August 1957. Malaya united with North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore on 16 September 1963 to become Malaysia, less than two years later in 1965, Singapore was expelled from the federation. The country is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, which plays a role in politics. About half the population is ethnically Malay, with minorities of Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians. The constitution declares Islam the state religion while allowing freedom of religion for non-Muslims, the government system is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system and the legal system is based on common law. The head of state is the king, known as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and he is an elected monarch chosen from the hereditary rulers of the nine Malay states every five years. The head of government is the prime minister, since its independence, Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with its GDP growing at an average of 6. 5% per annum for almost 50 years. The economy has traditionally been fuelled by its resources, but is expanding in the sectors of science, tourism, commerce. Today, Malaysia has a newly industrialised market economy, ranked third largest in Southeast Asia, the name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malay and the Latin-Greek suffix -sia/-σία. The word melayu in Malay may derive from the Tamil words malai and ur meaning mountain and city, land, malayadvipa was the word used by ancient Indian traders when referring to the Malay Peninsula. Whether or not it originated from these roots, the word melayu or mlayu may have used in early Malay/Javanese to mean to steadily accelerate or run. This term was applied to describe the current of the river Melayu in Sumatra. The name was adopted by the Melayu Kingdom that existed in the seventh century on Sumatra

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TV3 (Malaysia)
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TV3 is a Malaysian private, free-to-air television channel owned and operated by the Media Prima Berhad, a Malaysian conglomerate. It began broadcasting on 1 June 1984, now it broadcasts 24 hours a day. Similar to most television stations in Southeast Asia, TV3 is known for its Soap operas, TV3 began broadcasting on 1 June 1984 at 18,00 local time, launched by the then Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad. On 28 July 1984, TV3 became the first commercial channel in collaboration with RTM bringing Malaysians the live coverage of the Los Angeles Olympics, the same was also done in 1988 and 1992. m. Thursdays at 1,10 p. m. Fridays at 12,00 p. m. transmissions ended at around 12,30 a. m. after the news, except for Saturdays. 24-hour broadcasting on TV3 returned in 2003 in the Ramadhan month, the current 24-hour broadcasting on TV3 began in January 2010, although TV3 may remain sign-off for the analogue versions of the channel/due to maintenance. Between November 2010 and January 2011, TV3 broadcasts from 6, 30am to 12 and it also broadcasts between 6. 30am to 2. 30am between early 2015 until early 2016. The prime-time soap operas were initially broadcast for 30 minutes a day in 2010, then expanded to 90 minutes in 2011, then 120 minutes in 2012, generally, Nightline follows the soap opera. The main news program is Buletin Utama, broadcast at 20, 00-21,00, during floods and certain major events, news programs are expanded, and added midday news. In terms of advertising revenue, the company retains its leadership position, TV3 continues to upgrade its equipment for production and transmission, and its employees receive continuous exposure and training in television production. This has enabled TV3 to remain as the private commercial broadcaster. TV3 together with TV9 and local English language daily the New Straits Times and Malay language daily Berita Harian form the largest media group in Malaysia and it is currently headed by Ahmad Izham Omar. With a strong base of television producers have revolutionised local content production to admiral levels in the broadcast industry, the station has been a trendsetter by producing quality local production and has caught the attention and loyalty of Malaysians. Believing in the precept that local content is the way to go, TV3 continues to invest in people, however, the station also broadcasts a balance of quality foreign content movies, dramas, situation comedy, documentaries and sports. TV3 currently broadcasts on VHF Channel 12 and UHF Channel 29 and it is widely seen as favouring the government and not giving enough coverage for the opposition. TV3 is testing digital terrestrial television, using the Chinese DMB-T/H system and its coverage is limited to Kuala Lumpur City area only. TV3 was awarded the 2007 Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award for Responsible Entrepreneurship organised by Enterprise Asia for its significant contributions towards corporate social responsibility, consequently, it prevented people in government-built housing blocks from installing the special antennas required to receive the channel. In addition, it prevented local newspapers and magazines from carrying listings for TV3, TV3 was available on Singapore CableVision, Singapores only cable TV operator, until it was removed at 9pm,22 July 2002 owing to copyright issues

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TV3 Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad

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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci

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Hawaii
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Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America, having received statehood on August 21,1959. Hawaii is the only U. S. state located in Oceania and it is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is the only U. S. state not located in the Americas, the state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago, which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles. At the southeastern end of the archipelago, the eight main islands are—in order from northwest to southeast, Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi. The last is the largest island in the group, it is called the Big Island or Hawaiʻi Island to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The archipelago is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania, Hawaii has over a million permanent residents, along with many visitors and U. S. military personnel. Its capital is Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii is the 8th-smallest and the 11th-least populous, but the 13th-most densely populated of the fifty U. S. states. It is the state with an Asian plurality. The states coastline is about 750 miles long, the fourth longest in the U. S. after the coastlines of Alaska, Florida, the state of Hawaii derives its name from the name of its largest island, Hawaiʻi. A common Hawaiian explanation of the name of Hawaiʻi is that was named for Hawaiʻiloa and he is said to have discovered the islands when they were first settled. The Hawaiian language word Hawaiʻi is very similar to Proto-Polynesian *Sawaiki, cognates of Hawaiʻi are found in other Polynesian languages, including Māori, Rarotongan and Samoan. According to linguists Pukui and Elbert, lsewhere in Polynesia, Hawaiʻi or a cognate is the name of the underworld or of the home, but in Hawaii. A somewhat divisive political issue arose in 1978 when the Constitution of the State of Hawaii added Hawaiian as an official state language. The title of the constitution is The Constitution of the State of Hawaii. Article XV, Section 1 of the Constitution uses The State of Hawaii, diacritics were not used because the document, drafted in 1949, predates the use of the okina and the kahakō in modern Hawaiian orthography. The exact spelling of the name in the Hawaiian language is Hawaiʻi. In the Hawaii Admission Act that granted Hawaiian statehood, the government recognized Hawaii as the official state name. Official government publications, department and office titles, and the Seal of Hawaii use the spelling with no symbols for glottal stops or vowel length

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KGMB
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KGMB, virtual channel 5, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. All three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulus Kapālama neighborhood, KGMBs transmitter is located in Akupu. Syndicated programming on KGMB includes Entertainment Tonight, America Now, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the station first signed on the air on December 1,1952, as the first television station in the then-territory of Hawaii. KGMB-TV was originally owned by J. Howard Worrall along with KGMB radio, the station carried programming from three of the four major networks at the time, but was a primary CBS affiliate owing to KGMB-AMs long affiliation with CBS Radio. The station lost NBC programming when KONA-TV signed on two later, and lost ABC when KULA-TV launched in April 1954. In 1973, a partnership led by future Hawaii congressman Cecil Heftel bought KGMB-AM-TV, then turned around, Lee sold off the radio station in 1980. In 1982, the dropped the -TV suffix from its call sign. The real-life KGMB news crew was featured in one of the longest-running police dramas on CBS in the 1970s. In 2000 Lee exited from broadcasting and sold most of its television holdings to Emmis Communications. This waiver was renewed several times while Emmis owned both stations, at that time, KHON moved its operations into KGMBs facility, though the two stations maintained separate news departments. From 2002 to 2004, KGMB carried select UPN programming via a secondary affiliation shared with KHON, KIKU, an independent station specializing in Japanese programming, became a secondary UPN affiliate in November 2004 and remained with the network until its closure in September 2006. As Emmis itself prepared to exit the industry, it sold KHON to the Montecito Broadcast Group in 2006. The FCC granted approval of the sale in late May and was completed on June 4,2007. Shortly after MCG Capital Corporation took over, KGMB adopted a similar to one it used in the early 1980s and also rolled out a new graphics package for its newscast. This slogan was made famous by an a cappella jingle which is heard on KGMB today. It can now be heard at the end of KGMBs morning newscast, Sunrise, later, with an emphasis on weather, the station branded itself Hawaiis Severe Weather Station. On August 18,2009, MCG Capital and Raycom Media announced a shared services agreement with Raycom as senior partner, as part of the deal, KGMB vacated its longtime studios on Kapiolani Boulevard, the combined operation would be based at KHNL/KFVEs studios on Waiakamilo Road. Though non-news programming would remain in place, news operations of the three stations would be combined into a single entity, the arrangement would also see a channel swap, with KGMB moving from PSIP channel 9 to channel 5 and KFVE move from 5 to 9

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KHNL
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KHNL, virtual channel 13, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. All three stations share studios on Waiakamilo Road in downtown Honolulu, KGMBs transmitter is located in Palehua, syndicated programming on KHNL includes Modern Family, Right This Minute, The Doctors and CSI, Miami. On May 5,1957, Kaiser Broadcasting signed on the first independent station in Hawaii with the call letters KHVH, taking the channel 13 VHF position. This made up a majority of its schedule, with 3 or 4 movies airing from 2 p. m. to 11 p. m. daily. But its brief time on the air was not successful and it was plagued by a lack of programming available to air in Hawaii. This resulted in Kaiser merging its operations with KULA-TV in 1958, because of its merger with KULA, KHVHs history is tied to KITV through Kaisers purchase of that station and is unrelated to the current channel 13. Operating as an independent station in its second go-round, KTRG aired English language programming from 5 p. m. to 12,30 a. m. daily. It also aired movies nightly from 11,30 p. m. to 5,30 a. m. along with news updates. By 1963, KTRG began adding Japanese-language programming, the station came under new ownership on January 15,1966. m. With Japanese programming from 5 to 10 p. m, by 1972, KIKU carried Japanese programming for nearly the entire broadcast day. Its schedule included several series aimed at children. Mid-Pacific Television Associates, owned by the Cushman family of San Diego in partnership with TV Asahi and ten local investors, bought the station on April 9,1979. In 1981, the returned to being a full-time English language general entertainment station running a blend of cartoons, sitcoms, westerns, movies, and for a brief time. It also picked up ABC daytime shows that were pre-empted by KITV, Japanese programming moved to various UHF stations in the market. In 1986, the station was acquired by the King Broadcasting Company of Seattle, also in 1986, the station added translator in Maui, K21AG under a lease agreement with owner Scala Broadcasting, the translator was eventually divested to LeSea Broadcasting in July 1990. In June 1987, K65BV in Kauai became a KHNL translator through the ownership of the Channel 13 Club, in May 1989, KHBC-TV in Hilo became a full-time satellite of KHNL. In August 1990, KOGG began broadcasting on Maui as a satellite and it was not until September 1993, after King Broadcasting was acquired by the Providence Journal Company, that KHNL adopted the Fox 13 branding. On May 5 of that year, the station entered into a marketing agreement with KFVE

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English language
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English /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now the global lingua franca. Named after the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that migrated to England, English is either the official language or one of the official languages in almost 60 sovereign states. It is the third most common language in the world, after Mandarin. It is the most widely learned second language and a language of the United Nations, of the European Union. It is the most widely spoken Germanic language, accounting for at least 70% of speakers of this Indo-European branch, English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the century, are called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England, Early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and the King James Bible, and the start of the Great Vowel Shift. Through the worldwide influence of the British Empire, modern English spread around the world from the 17th to mid-20th centuries, English is an Indo-European language, and belongs to the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. Most closely related to English are the Frisian languages, and English, Old Saxon and its descendent Low German languages are also closely related, and sometimes Low German, English, and Frisian are grouped together as the Ingvaeonic or North Sea Germanic languages. Modern English descends from Middle English, which in turn descends from Old English, particular dialects of Old and Middle English also developed into a number of other English languages, including Scots and the extinct Fingallian and Forth and Bargy dialects of Ireland. English is classified as a Germanic language because it shares new language features with other Germanic languages such as Dutch, German and these shared innovations show that the languages have descended from a single common ancestor, which linguists call Proto-Germanic. Through Grimms law, the word for foot begins with /f/ in Germanic languages, English is classified as an Anglo-Frisian language because Frisian and English share other features, such as the palatalisation of consonants that were velar consonants in Proto-Germanic. The earliest form of English is called Old English or Anglo-Saxon, in the fifth century, the Anglo-Saxons settled Britain and the Romans withdrew from Britain. England and English are named after the Angles, Old English was divided into four dialects, the Anglian dialects, Mercian and Northumbrian, and the Saxon dialects, Kentish and West Saxon. Through the educational reforms of King Alfred in the century and the influence of the kingdom of Wessex. The epic poem Beowulf is written in West Saxon, and the earliest English poem, Modern English developed mainly from Mercian, but the Scots language developed from Northumbrian. A few short inscriptions from the period of Old English were written using a runic script. By the sixth century, a Latin alphabet was adopted, written with half-uncial letterforms and it included the runic letters wynn ⟨ƿ⟩ and thorn ⟨þ⟩, and the modified Latin letters eth ⟨ð⟩, and ash ⟨æ⟩

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The opening to the Old English epic poem Beowulf, handwritten in half-uncial script: Hƿæt ƿē Gārde/na ingēar dagum þēod cyninga / þrym ge frunon... "Listen! We of the Spear-Danes from days of yore have heard of the glory of the folk-kings..."
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Countries of the world where English is a majority native language
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Title page of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales c.1400

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Sinetron
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A soap opera, soap, or soapie, is a serial drama on television or radio that examines the lives of many characters, usually focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama. The term soap opera originated from such dramas being typically sponsored by soap manufacturers in the past, the first serial considered to be a soap opera was Painted Dreams, which debuted on October 20,1930 on Chicago radio station WGN. The first nationally broadcast radio soap opera was Clara, Lu, and Em, a crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the features that makes a television program a soap opera. While Spanish language telenovelas are sometimes called soap operas, telenovelas have conflicts that get resolved, but with soap operas each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode. You spend more time even with the characters, the apparent villains grow less apparently villainous. Soap opera storylines run concurrently, intersect and lead into further developments, each episode may feature some of the shows current storylines, but not always all of them. Soap operas rarely bring all the current storylines to a conclusion at the same time, when one storyline ends, there are several other story threads at differing stages of development. Soap opera episodes typically end on some sort of cliffhanger, evening soap operas and those that air at a rate of one episode per week are more likely to feature the entire cast in each episode, and to represent all current storylines in each episode. Evening soap operas and serials that run for only part of the year tend to bring things to a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger, the article explained that at that time, many prime time series lost money, while daytime serials earned profits several times more than their production costs. Fitting in with these characteristics, most soap operas follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place, the storylines follow the day-to-day activities and personal relationships of these characters. These elements may be found across the gamut of soap operas, Due to the prominence of English-language television, most soap-operas are completely English. In many soap operas, in particular daytime serials in the US, Soap operas from the United Kingdom and Australia tend to focus on more everyday characters and situations, and are frequently set in working class environments. Many of the soaps produced in two countries explore social realist storylines such as family discord, marriage breakdown or financial problems. This diverges from US soap operas where such comedy is rare, UK soap operas frequently make a claim to presenting reality or purport to have a realistic style. Romance, secret relationships, extramarital affairs, and genuine hate have been the basis for many soap opera storylines, in US daytime serials, the most popular soap opera characters, and the most popular storylines, often involved a romance of the sort presented in paperback romance novels. Crimes such as kidnapping, rape, and even murder may go unpunished if the perpetrator is to be retained in the ongoing story, Australian and UK soap operas also feature a significant proportion of romance storylines. In Russia, most popular serials explore the romantic quality of criminal and/or oligarch life, in soap opera storylines, previously unknown children, siblings and twins of established characters often emerge to upset and reinvigorate the set of relationships examined by the series

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Publicity photo of Rosemary Prinz as Penny Hughes from As the World Turns.
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A scene from EastEnders on Christmas Day 1986, watched by 30.15 million viewers. The story, in which Den Watts served his wife Angie with divorce papers, was the highest-rated soap episode in British history, and the highest-rated program in the UK during the 1980s.
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Leah Thys, actress in the Belgian soap Thuis. At the back Peter Rouffaer is visible.

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Cinderella
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Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world, the title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances, that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune. The oldest documented version comes from China, and the oldest European version from Italy, the most popular version was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697, and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms Fairy Tales. Although the storys title and main characters change in different languages. The word Cinderella has, by analogy, come to one whose attributes were unrecognized, or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity. The still-popular story of Cinderella continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, the Aarne–Thompson system classifies Cinderella as the persecuted heroine. The story of Rhodopis, about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt, is considered the earliest known variant of the Cinderella story, a version of the story, Ye Xian, appeared in Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang by Duan Chengshi around 860. Here, the hardworking and lovely girl befriends a fish, the rebirth of her mother, the fish is later killed by her stepmother and sister. Ye Xian saves the bones, which are magic, and they help her dress appropriately for the New Year Festival, when she loses her slipper after being recognized by her stepfamily, the king finds her slipper and falls in love with her. The Indonesian and Malaysian story Bawang Merah Bawang Putih, are two girls named Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah. While the two countrys respective versions differ in the relationship of the girls and the identity of the protagonist. Both have a fish as the fairy godmother to her daughter. The heroine then finds the bones and buries them, and over the grave a magical swing appears, the protagonist sits on the swing and sings to make it sway, her song reaching the ears of a passing Prince. The swing is akin to the slipper test, which distinguishes the heroine from her sister. In Indonesia, Bawang Putih is the girl, who suffers at the hands of her evil stepmother and stepsister, Bawang Merah. When the Prince enquires after the singer on the swing, Bawang Merah lies, the angry prince forces Bawang Merah and her mother to tell the truth. They then admit that there is another daughter in the house, Bawang Putih comes out and moves the magical swing by her singing. In the end, she and her prince marry and live happily ever after, in the Malaysian version, it is Bawang Merah and her mother Mak Labu who are good, while her half sister Bawang Putih and her mother Mak Kundur are evil

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Panasonic Awards
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The Panasonic Gobel Awards, are the annual awards presented to television programs and performances in Indonesia based on a peoples choice poll. The first award was held in 1997 in partnership with Tabloid Citra, Media Nusantara Citra have conducted the awards since 2000 and its broadcasting rights have been held by RCTI. Since 2003, MNCTV and Global TV also televising the awards, in 2004, Tabloid Citra stopped polling and instead started using survey data from Nielsen Media Research with the results tabulated and audited by Ernst & Young. Since 2012, INews TV and MNC Channels have also broadcast the Panasonic Gobel Awards, the Panasonic Awards were first held in 1997 in cooperation with PT. Panasonic Gobel Indonesia with Citra Tabloid, the method of determining the winner is the Poll image propagated in the mass media to then filled in writing and sent back by the community through the post. According to Maman Suherman, one of the initiators of this event, Panasonic Awards are intended to determine the peoples conscience on impressions, overseas event like this so-called Peoples Choice Awards. The purpose of Panasonic Gobel Awards is to provide an opportunity for viewers to use their views to choose the shows or people that they consider to be the best. According to this criteria, in each person is free and independent through a neutral and transparent polling method

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TVRI
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Televisi Republik Indonesia is a state-owned, public broadcasting television network and the oldest television entity in Indonesia. It is based in Senayan, Central Jakarta, TVRI monopolized television broadcasting in Indonesia until 1989, when the first private television station RCTI went on air. In 1961, the Indonesian government decided to include the establishment of a television station as part of the preparations for the 1962 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta. Later that year, the Television Preparation Committee was formed, in October, President Sukarno ordered the building of a studio in Senayan, Jakarta and two television towers. TVRI broadcast its first test transmission, of the Indonesian Independence Day celebrations from the Merdeka Palace transmission on August 17,1962, TVRI went on the air on the day of the 1962 Asian Games opening ceremony, August 24,1962. Two years later, the first regional broadcast stations opened in Yogyakarta, Semarang, Medan, Surabaya, Makassar, Manado, Batam, Palembang, Bali, earlier in 1963, the TVRI Foundation was formally created as the official governing authority for the channel. In 1974 TVRI became part of the Information Ministry, with the status of a directorate and its role was to inform the public about government policies. After two years, it began to be broadcast all over Indonesia via satellite, the first colour television signal was transmitted via satellite transmission in 1979. The first colour news bulletins were Berita Nasional, Dunia Dalam Berita, breaking events segments on Laporan Khusus, TVRI in the late 1970s and 1980s became a well defined mass media component of the national information department. By that time it also had a channel on Channel 8. It also established provincial television production studios, in 1989, TVRI lost its monopoly when the governments sixth Five-Year Plan allowed private television stations to begin broadcasting, the first commercial television station being RCTI. TVRI has 22 regional stations and more than 6,800 employees,2,000 of whom are based in Jakarta and it broadcasts information and educational content as well as entertainment from 4,00 am to 1,30 am on the next day. Along with government digital television, TVRI also has 4 channels, TVRI1 with national coverage, TVRI2 which will be the regional network of regional TVRI broadcasters, TVRI3 with programmes focused on culture and TVRI4 with sport programmes. ISBN 1-86373-635-2 TVRI Marketing site Official site Marketing Official site

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Pele (mythology)
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In the Hawaiian religion, Pele, the Fire Goddess, is the goddess of fire, lightning, wind and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Epithets of the goddess include Pele-honua-mea and Ka wahine ʻai honua, there are several traditional legends associated with Pele in Hawaiian mythology. In addition to being recognized as the goddess of volcanoes, Pele is also known for her power, passion, jealousy and she has numerous siblings, including Kāne Milohai, Kamohoaliʻi, Nāmaka and numerous sisters named Hiʻiaka, the most famous being Hiʻiakaikapoliopele. They are usually considered to be the offspring of Haumea, Peles siblings include deities of various types of wind, rain, fire, ocean wave forms, and cloud forms. In one version of the story, Pele is the daughter of Kanehoalani and Haumea in the land of Kuaihelani. Kuaihelani was in the region of Kahiki and she stays so close to her mothers fireplace with the fire-keeper Lono-makua. Her older sister Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi, a sea goddess, fears that Peles ambition would smother the home-land, kamohoalii drives Pele south in a canoe called Honua-i-a-kea with her younger sister Hiʻiaka and with her brothers Kamohoaliʻi, Kanemilohai, Kaneapua, and arrives at the islets above Hawaii. There Kane-milo-hai is left on Mokupapapa, just a reef, to build it up in fitness for human residence, on Nihoa,800 feet above the ocean she leaves Kane-apua after her visit to Lehua and crowning a wreath of kau-noa. Pele feels sorry for her brother and picks him up again. Pele used the rod, Pa‘oa to pick a new home. A group of chants tells of a pursuit by Namakaokahai and Pele is torn apart and her bones, KaiwioPele form a hill on Kahikinui, while her spirit escaped to the island of Hawaiʻi. In another version, Pele comes from a said to be close to the clouds, with parents Kane-hoa-lani and Ka-hina-liʻi. From her husband Wahieloa she has a daughter Laka and a son Menehune, pele-kumu-honua entices her husband and Pele travels in search of him. Pele was considered to be a rival of the Hawaiian goddess of snow, Poliʻahu, and her sisters Lilinoe, Waiau, all except Kahoupokane reside on Mauna Kea. The kapa maker lives on Hualalai, one myth tells that Poliʻahu had come from Mauna Kea with her friends to attend sled races down the grassy hills south of Hamakua. Pele came disguised as a stranger and was greeted by Poliʻahu. However, Pele became jealously enraged at the goddess of Mauna Kea and she opened the subterranean caverns of Mauna Kea and threw fire from them towards Poliʻahu, with the snow goddess fleeing towards the summit. Poliʻahu was finally able to grab her now-burning snow mantle and throw it over the mountain, earthquakes shook the island as the snow mantle unfolded until it reached the fire fountains, chilling and hardening the lava

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Entertainment Tonight
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As of 2015, the programs weekday broadcasts are currently anchored by Nancy ODell and Kevin Frazier, while the weekend editions are anchored by Cameron Mathison and Nischelle Turner. It is the entertainment news program on television, having made its premiere telecast on September 14,1981. It was announced on January 30,2006, that Entertainment Tonight was renewed through the 2011–12 season, in its early years, ET was co-produced in association with TeleRep, Cox Broadcasting, and Taft/Great American Broadcasting. Paramount Domestic Television would later absorb the syndication companies that the two companies had once owned, Rysher Entertainment and Worldvision Enterprises. The show also provides individualized teasers to some of the stations air the program to be carried during newscasts that lead into the show. ET Radio Minute, a radio feature, is syndicated by Westwood One. As of mid-April 2016, ET cut back on mentioning celebrity birthdays again, early on, Frank, Goldhammer and Harris held many discussions with producers, writers and directors about what kind of program ET should be. Although the pilot was produced by Jack Haley Jr. Andy Friendly was hired as the shows first producer, when Entertainment Tonight premiered on September 14,1981, Ron Hendren was one of the original co-hosts, with Marjorie Wallace and Tom Hallick. Friendly left the show after six weeks, with Goldhammer taking over his role, around that same time, Dixie Whatley replaced Wallace and Hallick, becoming Hendrens sole co-host. Goldhammer established the unique look, sound, pace and reporting style. Friendly put together a diverse staff ranging from former rock roadies to veteran television reporters of the Vietnam War era – some of whom continued to work on the show for more than 20 years. In 1982, Goldhammer hired Mary Hart and Leeza Gibbons to respectively host the weekday, Hendren departed from the program in 1984, and was replaced as co-host by Robb Weller, Weller left two years later and was replaced by John Tesh. In its early years, Entertainment Tonight – following a local newscast-style format – consisted primarily of coverage of the latest movies, music and television releases, during Bellows tenure, the program also produced a series of investigative reports about Hollywoods drug use issues and hiring practices. S. Stern, who represented Daniel Birkhead in the paternity case of the late Anna Nicole Smiths daughter Dannielynn, ET has also aired exclusive stories related to Anna Nicole Smith, including coverage of her funeral, and her surviving daughter. In a letter he sent to Paramount, Clooney stated that he would encourage his friends to do the same, Mary Hart stepped down from her role as anchor on May 20,2011, after 29 years with Entertainment Tonight. Mark Steines and Nancy ODell became the primary hosts once Hart left. ODell then became the sole host of the show after Steines left on July 27,2012, behind-the-scenes staffing changes throughout 2014 and technology have also played a role in reducing the shows paparazzi footage considerably

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The Insider (TV series)
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The Insider is an American syndicated television newsmagazine that is distributed by CBS Television Distribution. According to Nielsen, the program runs in second-to-last place in the ratings among the syndicated newsmagazines. OBrien – who was the original co-host of syndication competitor Access Hollywood from 1996 to 2003 – remained co-host of The Insider until March 5,2008, OBrien returned to the program one month later after Osmond declined to take on a role as a permanent host. For its fourth season, production of the program was moved to New York City full-time in September 2007, OBrien proceeded to involve a rundown of the prices and labels of her clothing and accessories, saying that it made the viewers he talked to vomit. After the departure of OBrien, the show was hosted by Spencer alone until January 2009, Harris also provided analysis and commentary as part of her duties as co-host of ABCs Dancing with the Stars until her departure from the reality competition series at the start of 2010. As a result, the correspondents were effectively dismissed, with stories being compiled by Entertainment Tonight staff or off-camera personnel. The format was changed again in September 2010, restoring it to a more traditional entertainment newsmagazine concept with Spencer. During the week of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Anderson split her reporting duties between CNN and The Insider. On October 24,2012, CBS Television Distribution reached a brand licensing, through this agreement, the program was retitled as omg. The Yahoo. partnership was discontinued on September 12,2016 and he was replaced on September 8 of that year by Louis Aguirre, who joined the program after fifteen years as host of the similarly formatted Deco Drive on Fox affiliate WSVN in Miami. In Australia, Network Ten had aired The Insider a day behind the U. S, the program also formerly aired on the Foxtel-owned pay television channel Arena and in Canada on Hamilton, Ontario-based CHCH-TV. Official website The Insider at the Internet Movie Database The Insider at TV. com

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Charles Perrault
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Charles Perrault was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new genre, the fairy tale. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, Cendrillon, Le Chat Botté, La Belle au bois Dormant, some of Perraults versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later. The stories continue to be printed and have adapted to opera, ballet, theatre. Perrault was a figure in the 17th-century French literary scene, and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients. Perrault was born in Paris to a bourgeois family, the seventh child of Pierre Perrault. He attended very good schools and studied law before embarking on a career in government service and he took part in the creation of the Academy of Sciences as well as the restoration of the Academy of Painting. In 1654, he moved in with his brother Pierre, who had purchased a post as the tax collector of the city of Paris. When the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was founded in 1663, Perrault was appointed its secretary and served under Jean Baptiste Colbert, Jean Chapelain, Amable de Bourzeys, and Jacques Cassagne were also appointed. His design was chosen over designs by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and François Mansart, in 1668, Perrault wrote La Peinture to honor the kings first painter, Charles Le Brun. He also wrote Courses de tetes et de bague, written to commemorate the 1662 celebrations staged by Louis for his mistress, Louise-Françoise de La Baume le Blanc, Perrault was elected to the Académie française in 1671. He married Marie Guichon, age 19, in 1672, she died in 1678, in 1669 Perrault advised Louis XIV to include thirty-nine fountains each representing one of the fables of Aesop in the labyrinth of Versailles in the gardens of Versailles. The work was carried out between 1672 and 1677, water jets spurting from the animals mouths were conceived to give the impression of speech between the creatures. There was a plaque with a caption and a written by the poet Isaac de Benserade next to each fountain. Perrault produced the guidebook for the labyrinth, Labyrinte de Versailles, printed at the press, Paris, in 1677. Philippe Quinault, a family friend of the Perraults, quickly gained a reputation as the librettist for the new musical genre known as opera. He was on the side of the Moderns and wrote Le Siècle de Louis le Grand, Le Siècle de Louis le Grand was written in celebration of Louis XIVs recovery from a life-threatening operation. Perrault argued that because of Louiss enlightened rule, the present age was superior in respect to ancient times

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Brothers Grimm
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Their first collection of folk tales, Childrens and Household Tales, was published in 1812. The brothers spent their formative years in the German town of Hanau and their fathers death in 1796 caused great poverty for the family and affected the brothers for many years after. They both attended the University of Marburg where they developed a curiosity about German folklore, which grew into a dedication to collecting German folk tales. The rise of romanticism during the 19th century revived interest in folk stories. With the goal of researching a scholarly treatise on folk tales, between 1812 and 1857, their first collection was revised and republished many times, growing from 86 stories to more than 200. The popularity of the Grimms best folk tales has endured well, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born on 4 January 1785 and his brother Wilhelm Carl Grimm on 24 February 1786. They were the second- and third-eldest surviving siblings in a family of nine children, in 1791, the family moved to the countryside town of Steinau, when Philipp was employed there as district magistrate. The family became prominent members of the community, residing in a home surrounded by fields. Biographer Jack Zipes writes that the brothers were happy in Steinau, the children were educated at home by private tutors, receiving strict instruction as Lutherans that instilled in both a lifelong religious faith. In 1796, Philipp Grimm died of pneumonia, plunging his family into poverty, Dorothea depended on financial support from her father and sister, first lady-in-waiting at the court of William I, Elector of Hesse. Jacob was the eldest living son, and he was forced at age 11 to assume adult responsibilities for the two years. The two boys adhered to the advice of their grandfather, who continually exhorted them to be industrious, the brothers left Steinau and their family in 1798 to attend the Friedrichsgymnasium in Kassel, which had been arranged and paid for by their aunt. By then, they were without a provider, forcing them to rely entirely on each other. The two brothers differed in temperament, Jacob was introspective and Wilhelm was outgoing, sharing a strong work ethic, they excelled in their studies. In Kassel, they became aware of their inferior social status relative to high-born students who received more attention. Still, each brother graduated at the head of his class, Jacob in 1803, after graduation from the Friedrichsgymnasium, the brothers attended the University of Marburg. The university was small with about 200 students and there they became aware that students of lower social status were not treated equally. They were disqualified from admission because of their standing and had to request dispensation to study law

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Fairy godmother
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In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. In Perraults Cinderella, he concludes the tale with the moral that no personal advantages will suffice without proper connections. The fairy godmother is a case of the donor. Actual fairy godmothers are rare in fairy tales, but became familiar figures because of the popularity of the fairy tales of Madame dAulnoy and other précieuses. Many other supernatural patrons feature in fairy tales, these various kinds of animals. The fairy godmother has her roots in the figures of the Fates, this is clear in Sleeping Beauty, where they decree her fate. Typically, the fairy godmothers protégé is a prince or princess and the hero of the story, the most well-known example is probably the fairy godmother in Charles Perraults Cinderella. Eight fairy godmothers appear in The Sleeping Beauty, of Charles Perraults, the popularity of these versions of these tales led to this being widely regarded as a common fairy-tale motif, although they are less common in other tales. Indeed, the fairy godmothers were added to The Sleeping Beauty by Perrault, no such figures appeared in his source, Sole, Luna, in the Grimm Brothers variant of Cinderella, Aschenputtel is aided not by her fairy godmother but by her dead mother. A great variety of figures may also take this place. She is portrayed as kind, gentle and sweet, likewise, in her The White Doe, the fairy godmother helps the evil princess get revenge on the heroine. In Henriette-Julie de Murats Bearskin, the heroine has a fairy godmother, but she is offended that the marriage was arranged without consulting her. Fairy godmothers appear frequently in fantasy, especially comic versions and retellings of Cinderella. Whenever events are right for a tale to recur, the relevant Fairy Godmother steps in to make sure that the tale in question runs its course with as few fatalities as possible. In the television animated Halloween special Witchs Night Out, the witch is mistaken for a fairy godmother by the two children, Small and Tender and their sitter, Bazooey corrects them by addressing the fairy godmother as a wicked witch. The Fairly OddParents is a humorous animated TV Series where the fairies Cosmo, in Shrek 2, the fairy godmother who appears is an evil twin sister of Cinderellas fairy godmother. She is a conniving, crooked businesswoman, who is willing to resort to blackmail and/or murder to further her own interests. The Discworld novel Witches Abroad also features a fairy godmother, Lady Lilith de Tempscire

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Wicked stepmother
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Wicked Stepmother is a 1989 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen. It is best known for being the last film of Bette Davis, who withdrew from the project after filming began, citing problems with the script. Cohen later claimed she really dropped out due to ill health, the actress died eight months after the film was released. The original plot cast Davis as the character, a chain smoking witch named Miranda. They return to find their new stepmother has filled their refrigerator with meat, to explain Davis absence, the script was rewritten to introduce Mirandas daughter Priscilla, who takes on a human form while her mothers spirit inhabits the body of a cat. Priscilla then sets out to get Jenny who has figured out there is something going on. She accuses her of messing up the kitchen while Jennys on a bike ride, Priscilla ends up sleeping with Jennys husband. The entire time she refuses to switch bodies with Miranda, Jenny then figures out that theyre witches and tries to stop them from ruining her family

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Prince Charming
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Prince Charming is a fairy tale character who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress, and stereotypically, must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. The prominence of the character makes him an obvious target for revisionist fairy tales. Prince Charming is also used as a term to refer to the man some people dream of as a future spouse. Charles Perraults version of Sleeping Beauty, published in 1697, includes the text at the point where the princess wakes up, Est-ce vous. Lui dit-elle, vous vous êtes bien fait attendre, Le Prince charmé de ces paroles. Ne savait comment lui témoigner sa joie and it has sometimes been suggested that this passage later inspired the term, Prince Charming, even though it is the prince who is charmed here, not who is being charming. In the 17th century, Madame dAulnoy wrote two fairy tales, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, where the hero was named Avenant, and The Blue Bird, where the hero was Le roi Charmant. When Andrew Lang retold the first for The Blue Fairy Book, he rendered the name as Charming. Although neither one was a prince and the first was not royal, then, Oscar Wildes 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray refers ironically to Prince Charming, perhaps the earliest use of the exact term. The main character, Dorian, is supposed to be a young actresss Prince Charming, but he abandons her and in despair she commits suicide. In the early Disney animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, when Snow White tells the dwarfs about her prince, she says, Anyone could see that the prince was charming, however, he is never referred to specifically as Prince Charming. In other languages, like Spanish and Italian, he is called the Blue Prince, in Portuguese, a translation mistake occurred and he is called Charmed Prince, coincidentally closer to the sense in Perraults story mentioned atop this section. The Broadway musical Into the Woods explores the character as polygamous, and where there are not one, here, they are shown as brothers pursuing Cinderella and Rapunzel, then later, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, after they have married their first loves. Cinderellas Prince has an affair with the wife as well. As implied by the title, the 1991 fantasy novel Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Roger Zelazny, Prince Charming is a prominent character in the Fables comic book. Polygamy is explored again, in version, he successively married Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. He himself comments, I always truly love a woman when I first pursue her. Im just no good at the happily-ever-after part. He parlays his charm into election as the mayor of Fabletown, the underground Fable community and he Died in the Battle for the Homelands by activating a Bomb to End the War

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Cinderella (1899 film)
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Cinderella is an 1899 French film directed by Georges Méliès, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was released by Mélièss Star Film Company and is numbered 219–224 in its catalogues, the casts of Mélièss films are in many cases unidentified. Most of the listing is based on cast identifications made by the film scholars Georges Sadoul, Jacques Malthête. Barral had also acted in Mélièss bedroom farce The Bridegrooms Dilemma earlier that year, bleuette Bernon as the Fairy Godmother. Méliès discovered Bernon in the 1890s, when she was performing as a singer at the cabaret LEnfer and her appearance in Cinderella is contemporaneous with her performances at the Eldorado cabaret. She also appeared as Phoebe, the woman on the crescent moon, carmelli was an actor at Mélièss theater of stage illusions, the Théâtre de Robert-Houdin in Paris. Jehanne dAlcy as the Princes mother, the Queen, dAlcy had achieved success in theatrical productions by 1896, but left the stage to devote herself to film, becoming one of the first performers to do so. She appeared in many of Mélièss films and later became his second wife, Georges Méliès as the genie of the midnight clock, and as a halberdier. All told, Méliès took a role in at least 300 of his 520 films. Méliès modeled the films visual style on the engravings of Gustave Doré, Cinderella was Mélièss first film with multiple scenes, using six distinct sets and five changes of scene within the film. So many extras were used in Cinderella that Méliès designated a Chief Extra to lead them, Cinderella was Mélièss first major cinematic success. It did well both in French fairground cinemas and at European and American music-halls, and inspired Méliès to create other lavishly designed storytelling films with multiple scenes. His next film with scenes, Joan of Arc, was his first to surpass 200 meters of film in length. According to the film historian Lewis Jacobs, Cinderellas use of spectacle on screen also influenced the films of Cecil B, Méliès made another adaptation of the story, Cinderella or the Glass Slipper, in 1912 under the supervision of Pathé Frères. Cinderella at the Internet Movie Database Cinderella is available for download at the Internet Archive

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Cinderella (1914 film)
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Cinderella is a 1914 silent film starring Mary Pickford, directed by James Kirkwood, Sr. produced by Daniel Frohman, and released by Famous Players Film Company. The film is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella, the film was released on Blu-ray & DVD as a bonus feature from the DVD of Through the Back Door. Cinderella is a young woman who lives with her wicked stepmother. They abuse her and use her as the house maid, Cinderella thinks shes all alone in the world, but doesnt know a fairy godmother is constantly helping her. One day, she is collecting wood from the forest and meets Prince Charming and they immediately fall in love with each other, but lose contact. Soon, a ball is arranged by the prince to look for his future wife, the stepsisters think they make a great chance in being chosen by the prince. Cinderella wants to go as well, but isnt allowed to by her cruel family, the sisters go to a fortune teller, who announces a member of the family will be chosen by the prince. The sisters are delighted and think it will be one of the two of them, when they leave for the ball, Cinderella is left behind. The fairy godmother appears and asks if she wants to go to the ball as well, when Cinderella responds positively, the fairy godmother orders her to bring her the biggest pumpkin she can find. Cinderella does so and the fairy godmother changes it into a stage coach. She next asks for the smallest mice she can find, Cinderella brings her some mice from the house and the fairy godmother changes them into horses. The fairy godmother orders her to bring her the biggest rats there are. After Cinderella collected them, the fairy godmother changes them into servants and she finally changes Cinderellas poor maiden costume into a dress fit for a princess, and glass slippers, of course. She reminds Cinderella she will have to be back at home before the clock strikes midnight, otherwise, her fine dress will turn into rags and the coach and servants will become what they were before. As Cinderella arrives at the party, Prince Charming is already looking for his future wife. It is soon announced an unknown lady has arrived in a coach, Prince Charming immediately chooses her and they go to a private place where they learn to know each other. As they flirt, Cinderella notices it is almost twelve oclock and she loses her glass slipper, before she turns into her old poor self again. The next day, the heralds announce the Princes wish to marry the woman whose foot fits the lost glass slipper

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First Love (1939 film)
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First Love is a 1939 American musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. Based on the fairy tale Cinderella, the film is about an orphan who is sent to live with her wealthy aunt and her life is made difficult by her snobby cousin who arranges that she stay home while the rest of the family attends a major social ball. With the help of her uncle, she makes it to the ball, the film received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Music. Constance Harding is an orphan who will soon graduate from Miss Wiggins school for girls. Her only real relatives are members from the James Clinton family and she is brought to New York by one of their butlers, where she moves in with a bunch of snobs. The upperclass people are not impressed with her, but Connie is able to befriend the servants, one afternoon, her cousin Barbara Clinton orders Connie to stop Ted Drake from going riding without her. Connie tries the best she can, which results in embarrassing herself and she has secretly fallen in love with him and is full with joy when she learns the Drake family is organizing a ball. The servants raise money to buy her a fashionable dress, however, Barbara spreads a lie and Connie is eventually prohibited from attending the ball. Connie is heartbroken, until the servants arrange a limousine she can use until midnight, at the ball, everyone is impressed with her singing talents. Ted notices her and tries to charm her and they eventually kiss, when Connie realizes it is midnight. She runs off, but accidentally leaves one of her slippers behind, Ted finds the slipper and tries to locate the owner. Meanwhile, Barbara has found out Connie was at the ball, infuriated, she tries to break Connies confidence and fires all the servants. The next day, Connie is missing as well and she returns to Miss Wiggins school in the hope of becoming a music teacher. Ted follows her and they reunite in the end, the story is slight, fragile and appropriately dewy, as befits the Dresden-in-modern-dress spectacle of Miss Durbin standing with exceedingly unreluctant feet where the brook and river meet. That much advertised First Kiss is consummated with such restraint that not even the queasiest stockholder could fear that Miss Durbin will burn herself out emotionally before she is 20. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists,2002, AFIs 100 Years.100 Passions – Nominated First Love at the Internet Movie Database First Love at the Toronto Film Society

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Cinderella (1950 film)
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Cinderella is a 1950 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault, it is the twelfth Disney animated feature film, directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wilfred Jackson. Songs were written by Mack David, Jerry Livingston, and Al Hoffman, songs in the film include Cinderella, A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Sing Sweet Nightingale, The Work Song, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, and So This is Love. It features the voices of Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Rhoda Williams, James MacDonald, Luis van Rooten, Don Barclay, Mike Douglas, at the time, however, the studio was over $4 million in debt and was on the verge of bankruptcy. Walt Disney and his animators turned back to film production in 1948 after producing a string of package films with the idea of adapting Charles Perraults Cendrillon into a motion picture. It is the first Disney film in all of Disneys Nine Old Men worked together as directing animators. After two years in production, Cinderella was finally released on February 15,1950 and it became the greatest critical and commercial hit for the studio since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and helped reverse the studios fortunes. It is considered one of the best American animated films ever made and it received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Music, Original Song for Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo. Decades later, it was followed by two direct-to-video sequels—Cinderella II, Dreams Come True and Cinderella III, A Twist in Time—and a 2015 live-action remake directed by Kenneth Branagh. Despite this, Cinderella is a kind and gentle young woman and is friends with mice and birds live in. Meanwhile, at the palace, the King is frustrated that his son. He and the Grand Duke organize a ball in an effort to find a wife for the Prince. Upon receiving notice of the ball, Tremaine agrees to let Cinderella go if she finishes her chores, Cinderella finds a gown that belongs to her mother and decides to refashion it for the ball, but her step family impedes this by giving her extra chores. Cinderellas animal friends, including Jaq and Gus, refashion it for her, completing the design with a necklace and sash discarded by Drizella and Anastasia, a heartbroken Cinderella runs out into the garden in tears, where her Fairy Godmother appears before her. As Cinderella leaves for the ball, the Fairy Godmother warns her the spell will break at the stroke of midnight, at the ball, the Prince rejects every girl until he sees Cinderella, who agrees to dance with him. The two fall in love and go out for a stroll together in the castle gardens, as they are about to kiss, Cinderella hears the clock start to chime midnight and flees. As she leaves the castle, one of her slippers falls off, the palace guards give chase as Cinderella flees in the coach before the spell breaks on the last stroke of midnight. Cinderella, her pets, and the hide in a wooded area as the guards pass

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The Glass Slipper
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The Glass Slipper is a musical film adaptation of Cinderella, made by MGM, directed by Charles Walters and produced by Edwin H. Knopf from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch. The music score is by Bronislau Kaper, the cinematography by Arthur E. Arling, the film received its network television premiere divided into two episodes on the 1967 ABC-TV anthology series Off To See The Wizard. Ella, who is teased as Cinderella, is a lonely. Prince Charles is the son of the Duke who rules the principality, now that Charles is back, he starts to recall old memories he had of growing up there, including a small girl with unbearably sad eyes whom he saw crying when he was just a boy. After getting into a spat with her stepfamily over the Princes appearance, Ella runs away to her favorite place, there she meets an eccentric old woman named Mrs. Toquet who becomes her first friend. The next day she returns to the spot, hoping to meet Mrs. Toquet, Ella asks them where they are from and they tell her that they come from the Palace, with Kovin saying that Charles is the son of the Chief Cook in the Palace. Charles then recognises Ellas eyes as those belonging to the girl he saw years ago, Ella thinks that he is making fun of her and pushes him into the pool. Charles is intrigued by Ella and has Kovin talk to the people of the principality to find out everything he can about her and that same day, Cousin Loulou visits the Sonder home. Ella is supposed to be all cleaned up to receive their guest, Ella remembers that she left her shoes at the pond, so she runs off to collect them, only to find Charles waiting for her with the shoes. Ella apologizes for pushing him into the water and he apologizes for hurting her feelings and they talk, and Charles gives her an invitation to the Ball, to which Ella replies that she cannot dance. Charles says that she should learn to dance since shes going to live in the Palace some day, after a waltz Charles steals a kiss, and Ella runs away. After the Widow Sonder, Birdina and Serafina leave for the ball, Mrs. Toquet arrives, bringing with her a ball gown and she has also somehow arranged for a coach to take Ella to the palace. Mrs. Toquet tells Ella she has to leave the Palace by midnight. At the Palace Ball, Ella is besieged by young men wanting to dance with her, when Charles learns of her presence, he waltzes with her and persuades her to look up at him. Ella is stunned to find that her friend is the Prince, the other guests, not knowing who the newcomer is, note her exotic colouring and surmise that she is a foreign lady of noble birth, perhaps Egyptian because of her short hair. When the clock strikes midnight, Ella runs away, leaving one of her glass slippers behind, while fleeing the palace, Ellas coach overturns, in the confused aftermath, the dazed Ella sees not a wrecked coach, but a pumpkin crawling with several mice. She loses consciousness and wakes the morning in her stepmothers house. Prince Charles informs his father that he has met the woman he wants to marry, Kovin, picking up on what hes overheard at the party, hurriedly explains that Ella is a princess of Egypt

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Cinderfella
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Cinderfella is a comedy film adaptation of the classic Cinderella story, with most characters changed in gender from female to male and starring Jerry Lewis as Fella. It was released December 16,1960 by Paramount Pictures, when Fellas father dies, he continues to live with his wicked stepmother, Emily, and her two sons, Maximilian and Rupert. His stepfamily takes over the mansion, while Fella is reduced to living in an unfinished room at the end of a long hallway. He has in essence become their butler, catering to their every whim, Fella dreams nightly that his father is trying to relay a message to him about where he has hidden his fortune, but he always awakens before he learns the hiding place. His stepfamily knows of this fortune and some go to great lengths to discover its whereabouts. Princess Charming of the Grand Duchy of Morovia is in town, Fella is not allowed to go to the ball, but his fairy godfather says he will not remain a people much longer, but will blossom into a person. Before the ball, Fella is turned into a handsome prince, count Basies orchestra is playing at the ball when Fella makes his grand entrance. The young man quickly gains the attention of the Princess and they dance, the night is cut short when midnight strikes and Fella flees, losing his shoe along the way. Back home, one of Fellas stepbrothers realizes that Fella is the supposed prince and they wind up in a struggle under a tree, in the process discovering that this is where Fellas fathers fortune is hidden. Fella gives the money to his stepfamily, saying he never needed money to be happy, shamed, his stepmother orders her sons to return the money to Fella. The Princess arrives with Fellas lost shoe, but Fella explains that they could never be together because she is a person and she tells him that, underneath the fancy clothes, she is a people too. Cinderfella was filmed from October 19 through December 15,1959, while rehearsing for the scene in which he makes his entrance to the ball, Lewis realized that the movement of his pants was distracting. On the day of filming, he asked the staff to attach elastic bands to the hems of his pant legs that would go under his shoes. In the DVD commentary to the film, Lewis called this an old dancers trick, the scene was shot with one take of Jerry Lewis going down the stairs and one take going up. He ran up the stairs in less than nine seconds and collapsed at the top and he was taken to the hospital and spent four days in an oxygen tent with his second cardiac event. This delayed filming for two weeks, Paramount wanted to release the film during the summer, but Lewis considered it a holiday film and wanted to hold it back for a Christmas release. The only way the studio would delay its release was for Lewis to provide them with another movie they could release in its place in the summer. Lewis agreed and wrote, produced, and directed The Bellboy in four weeks in February 1960 while he was performing at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach and that movie was released on July 20,1960

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Stop! Look! and Laugh
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Look. and Laugh. is a 1960 feature-length Three Stooges compilation featuring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard. Eleven of the Stooges shorts were shown and bridged together with segments featuring Paul Winchell and his dummies, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. Near the end of the film, the Marquis Chimps perform a version of Cinderella narrated in rhyme by Winchell with June Foray providing female voices as part of Knuckleheads bedtime story, new York Stooges TV host Officer Joe Bolton has a cameo as a customer in a cafe. Paul Winchell plays a father to Jerry Mahoney who is avoiding going to school at all costs where he is failing his subjects, Winchell relates stories that segue into scenes from Three Stooges short subjects with the film concluding with a loud party that is footage from Half-Wits Holiday. As Winchell enters the home to complain of the noise, he is hit one of the pies in that sequences pie fight. Columbia Pictures, which would distribute the film, apologized and admitted that it had made an error by putting together a compilation of Three Stooges shorts without the teams consent. Both parties agreed to have the film released on July 4,1960, the following eleven Stooge shorts were featured in Stop. Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise How High Is Up, violent is the Word for Curly Sock-a-Bye Baby Higher Than a Kite Whats the Matador. Calling All Curs Goofs and Saddles Micro-Phonies A Plumbing We Will Go Half-Wits Holiday List of American films of 1960 Stop, look. and Laugh. at the Internet Movie Database Stop. Look. and Laugh. at the TCM Movie Database Stop, look. and Laugh. at AllMovie Stop

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More Than a Miracle
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More Than a Miracle is a 1967 film also titled Cinderella Italian Style and Happily Ever After. It stars Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif and Dolores del Río, the movie has a fairy tale narrative. Filmed in the countryside outside of Naples, Francesco Rosi directed, the theme music was a hit for Roger Williams, reaching #2 on Billboards survey. Sergio Franchi recorded the song on his 1968 RCA Victor album. The film recounts the misadventures of a beautiful and temperamental Neapolitan village girl Isabella, the prince was a risk taker, avoiding his parents wishes for him to marry. One day while riding a horse in the countryside, he becomes distracted by a noise and this person predicts his future and gives him a donkey to take him in the right direction if he pats its back and feeds him flour. On the way back, he meets Isabella and he is very much attracted to her, but she rejects him. The King of Spain orders Rodrigo to choose a wife among seven Italian Princesses within seven days and she joins the cooking team for the seven-day function, while the Prince searches for her in the countryside. With the help of witches and saints, Isabella finally conquers the heart of her Prince and marries him

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Sophia Loren and Omar Sharif in More Than a Miracle

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The Slipper and the Rose
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The Slipper and the Rose is a 1976 British musical film retelling the classic fairy tale of Cinderella. This film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance motion picture selection for 1976, Prince Edward of Euphrania returns home after being sent to meet the princess Selena, whom his parents have arranged for him to marry. However, The Prince reveals he did not propose to the princess he was visiting, Edward decides to tell his parents that he wants to marry for love. They, however, are interested in the political side. They fail to sway the prince, however, Cinderella finds some comfort in remembering happier times. Whilst putting flowers by her parents grave, she stumbles upon the prince, and his friend and bodyguard John. The Prince sardonically talks about his ancestors, with whom he will one day be buried. Back at the castle, the King of Euphrania is advised that a marriage between Edward and a Princess from one of Euphranias neighboring countries would help prevent war, a ball is seen as the perfect way to help Edward choose his bride. The Prince hates the idea, though his cousin Montague is delighted, when news arrives that the home country of the princess Edward refused to marry intends to make war on Euphrania, Edward has no choice but to accept. However, fewer than half the princesses accept the invitation, so the local nobility, including Cinderellas stepmother, the stepmother and stepsisters demand that Cinderella sew all three of them elegant gowns for the ball from the fabric of their old dresses. Cinderella has no idea what to do, as luck would have it a fairy godmother, who has a talent for sensing the wishes of those who are pure in heart, arrives and creates three beautiful gowns while Cinderella rests. That night, the stepmother and stepsisters depart for the ball leaving Cinderella alone, Cinderellas fairy godmother returns and informs Cinderella that she too can go to the ball. She transforms Cinderellas shabby dress into a gown, arranges her hair in the period fashion. Cinderella is sent off to the ball with a warning that the magic can only last until midnight and it is love at first sight when Cinderella and Edward meet at the ball. As the clock strikes midnight, Cinderella races away, leaving only behind her glass slipper, Edward sends his servants out far and wide in search of the woman who fits the glass slipper. Edward builds a monument for the slipper and hopes one day his lost love will turn up. John is also suffering as a result of love, he is in love with a noblewoman and he Knights John, so John can pursue his romance with Lady Caroline. Cinderella and Edward are reunited and greeted by her stepmother and stepsisters, Edward asks the permission of the stepmother to marry Cinderella and she gives full permission, if only to get Cinderella off her hands

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Maid to Order
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Maid to Order is a 1987 American comedy/fantasy film starring Ally Sheedy, Beverly DAngelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn, Tom Skerritt, and Merry Clayton. This film is a variation on the Cinderella formula, the fairy godmother is not the means to a better life for the heroine. Stella is Jessies primary obstacle to achieving her wish of regaining her old spoiled Beverly Hills lifestyle, when Jessie is arrested for drunk driving and drug possession, she finally pushes Charles beyond his limits. While in the company of family retainer Woodrow, he says the one thing he thought hed never say. he wishes hed never had a daughter, in pops Stella Winston, a fairy godmother who has been assigned to the Montgomery family. To keep Jessie from ruining her life, Stella casts a spell erasing Jessies life as it is, then she bails Jessie out of jail. When Jessie tries to go home, her father doesnt recognize her, Stella appears and tells her that shes getting what she deserves. She tells Jessie that if she wants to eat and have a place to sleep, shell have to find employment. Jessie, who has never worked a day in her life, is forced to work as a live-in maid for an eccentric couple named Starkey who got rich by winning the lottery some years back. Jessie has to interact with the mansion staff, consisting of former singer-turned-cook Audrey, Hispanic servant Maria, and chauffeur Nick. Jessie learns the meaning of love, friendship, hard work. When she chooses the happiness of her new friends over her own, she is rewarded with having her old life returned to her, albeit vastly improved. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times found it too easy to anticipate most of the big moments, janet Maslin in The New York Times praised Sheedy, saying her petulant manner and her air of faint distaste for her surroundings are just right for this role. And she shows herself to be an able physical comedienne, Jessies fathers mansion is located at 365 S Hudson Street, Los Angeles, California. In 2002, Artisan Entertainment released the film on DVD without bonus features and was presented only in full screen, the DVD has now been discontinued for no given reason. As of December 21,2009, Lions Gate have yet to announce any plans for a new DVD, in September 2010 the movie became available to view on Netflixs Watch Instantly, but has since been removed. Spirit In The Sky Performed by Dr

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Cinderella (1994 film)
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Cinderella, originally released directly to video in 1994, is a 48-minute animated film adapted from the classic fairy tale, Cinderella by Charles Perrault. The movie was produced by Jetlag Productions and was distributed to DVD in 2002 by GoodTimes Entertainment as part of their Collectible Classics line, a wealthy and kind-hearted gentleman has all he could ever ask for, a loving wife and a most beautiful daughter who was kind and gentle. The three of them live happily in an opulent mansion on a hill overlooking the town, life, however, is not always predictable and the mans wife died, leaving the man a widower and his daughter without a mother. A year later the man once again with a new woman. They resent the girl for her beauty and her kind nature. When the man leaves on a trip, the woman. They kick her out of her own room and make her sleep on a mat in the kitchen, force her into wearing rags and wait on them hand. As she sleeps by the fireside, she is covered in ashes from the hearth. However, Cinderella realizes she has a Fairy Godmother living in the snowglobe in her kitchen, life turns around for the girl the day a grand ball is announced in which the prince will choose his bride. The Stepmother and her two daughters are invited, and the Stepmother takes her two daughters into town to buy them new gowns, Cinderella wishes to go, but the Stepmother refuses and orders her to help her daughters prepare for the ball. Once the two Stepsisters are ready, Cinderella asks again to go to the ball, but the Stepmother refuses, unless Cinderella can sort a dish of lentils before they depart. With the help of her Fairy Godmother, she almost succeeds, Cinderella attends the ball and wins the heart of the Prince, who up until then had refused to wed until he found a woman he truly loved. When midnight strikes, Cinderella flees through the gardens, leaving one glass slipper behind in the rush. The Prince vows to search the kingdom to find the girl whose foot fits the slipper, when the Prince arrives at Cinderellas house, the Stepmother orders her into the attic so as not to spoil her own daughters chances. The elder Stepsister tries the shoe, but her foot is too fat, but the Prince hears Cinderella singing and demands to see her. The shoe fits her foot perfectly, but to make sure it is not a coincidence, Cinderella and the prince are married and they live happily ever after

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Ever After
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Ever After is a 1998 American romantic drama film inspired by the fairy tale Cinderella. It is directed by Andy Tennant and stars Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, the screenplay is written by Tennant, Susannah Grant, and Rick Parks. The original music score is composed by George Fenton, the films closing theme song Put Your Arms Around Me is performed by the rock band Texas. The usual pantomime and comic/supernatural elements are removed and the story is treated as historical fiction. It is often seen as a modern, post-feminism interpretation of the Cinderella story, in the 19th century, a Grande Dame summons The Brothers Grimm to her palace, where the brothers discuss their interpretation of the Cinderella story and notice a painting displayed in the room. The Grande Dame shows the brothers a glass slipper and tells them the story of Danielle de Barbarac, in 16th-century France, Auguste de Barbarac is a widower and the father of eight-year-old Danielle. Auguste marries Rodmilla de Ghent, a wealthy baroness with two daughters, Marguerite and Jacqueline, later that evening, Auguste gives Danielle a copy of Thomas Mores Utopia. Before dying of an attack just as Auguste leaves for business, his last words are directed to Danielle. By the time Danielle is eighteen, the estate has fallen into decline, the Baroness is not interested in farming and wishes to get back to the Royal Court. Meanwhile, Danielle serves her stepmother, Marguerite, and Jacqueline in her home, Danielle sees a man stealing her fathers horse and unseats him with an apple until she recognizes he is Prince Henry. Henry buys her silence with gold because King Francis and Queen Marie tell Henry that he must choose a bride before the ball or wed the Spanish princess. However, Henrys escape is foiled when he encounters gypsies robbing Leonardo da Vinci, Henry chases the thief and returns the Mona Lisa to da Vinci. Meanwhile, Danielle dresses as a noblewoman and leaves to buy back Maurice, Henry overhears Danielle argue with the Cargomaster and orders Maurices release. Henry begs for Danielle’s name but she lies and gives Henry the name of her mother, Danielle and Henry are ambushed by gypsies after stumbling upon each other by a river. Danielle resolves the issue and they share their first kiss, the next morning, Danielle catches Rodmilla and Marguerite stealing her mothers dress and slippers for Marguerite to wear to the ball. Marguerite insults Danielle about her mothers death, punches Marguerite in the face, Danielle returns her mothers slippers to Rodmilla in exchange for the book, but Marguerite burns it in the fire anyway. After Danielle is whipped, Jacqueline tends to her wounds and condemns Marguerite for insulting Danielles mother, during a lunch with Queen Marie, Rodmilla discovers that Danielle is the Countess that Henry has been spending time with and tells the Queen that Danielle is engaged. Rodmilla confronts Danielle and locks her in the pantry until Danielles friend, Gustave, Leonardo da Vinci helps free Danielle and makes her a pair of wings with her mothers dress and slippers for the ball

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A Cinderella Story
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A Cinderella Story is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Mark Rosman, written by Leigh Dunlap and stars Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge and Regina King. A modernization of the classic Cinderella folk lore, the plot revolves around two Internet pen pals who plan meet in person at their high schools Halloween dance. The film was released in July 16,2004, while it received negative reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing $70 million against its $19 million budget. Sam Montgomery lives in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, with her widowed father Hal, Hal soon marries an exceedingly vain, and selfish woman named Fiona, who has socially-awkward fraternal twin daughters, Brianna and Gabriella. During the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Hal is killed when he runs to save Fiona, having supposedly left no will, Fiona receives all of his belongings, including the house, the diner, and to her dismay, Sam. Sam struggles to cope socially at North Valley High School, where queen bee, cheerleader Shelby Cummings, also torments her, Sam confides in her online pen pal Nomad about her dream to attend Princeton, a dream which he also shares. The reason why he is unhappy is because Austins father planned for him to go to the University of Southern California with a football scholarship, Nomad proposes that they meet in person at the schools Halloween themed homecoming dance. On the night of the dance, Fiona orders Sam to work the night shift at the diner, then leaves to drive Brianna, initially reluctant, Sam is convinced by her best friend, Carter Ferrell, to go to the dance and meet her mysterious online friend. Rhonda, Sams other best friend, and the rest of the staff also convince her to disobey Fiona. Sam, wearing a mask and a white dress, meets Nomad at the dance, and is surprised to learn that he is Austin. The two decide to leave the party to walk alone and get to each other a little better. While sharing a dance, Sam and Austin begin to fall in love. But just as Austin is about to unmask her, Sams cell phone goes off. She leaves without revealing her identity to Austin, and drops her phone on the way out, Austin picks up her phone and begins a desperate search to figure out who his Cinderella really is, but every girl at school claims to be the mysterious owner of the phone. Sam is reluctant to reveal her identity to Austin, feeling that he will not accept her due to her being ordinary and Austin being popular. When Austin comes into the one day, Sam is forced to help him and, after a talk, she attempts to reveal her identity to him. Sams stepsisters discover Sam and Austins email relationship, and convince Shelby that Sam tried to steal Austin from her, during a pep rally, they and the other cheerleaders humiliate Sam in front of the entire school and expose her identity as well as naming her an impostor. Austin, hurt by Sams secrecy, does not step up to defend her, like Austin, Sam had been accepted to Princeton, only to be duped by Fiona into believing she was rejected, by having a fake rejection letter made

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Ella Enchanted (film)
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Ella Enchanted is a 2004 fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Tommy OHaver and written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith loosely based on Gail Carson Levines 1997 novel of the same name. Starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy, the plays with the usual fairy tale genre. The film is a co-production between companies in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, within the kingdom of Emir, in the town of Frell, a baby girl named Ella is born to Sir Peter and his wife Lady Eleanor. She is given the gift of obedience by a misguided and obnoxious fairy called Lucinda and this turns out to be more of a curse, as it forces Ella to do anything she is told to do, even if the command is against her wishes. Ellas mother, on her deathbed, warns her not to tell anyone about the curse she is under for fear that someone might use it to exploit Ella. After her mothers death, only Mandy, the household fairy, several years later, Ellas father remarries to a wealthy socialite, Dame Olga, who dislikes Ella. Her spoiled daughters Hattie and Olive notice Ellas obedience and start to humiliate her, Ella stumbles upon Prince Charmont, the handsome heir who will soon take the throne, as hes being pursued by his fan club of besotted young women. He invites Ella to the Coronation Ball, but Olga intercepts the invitation, Hattie and Olive, fan club members themselves, are overcome with jealousy. They force Ella to insult and cut ties with her best friend Areida, Ella cannot bear her situation a moment longer, and resolves to find Lucinda, as she is the only one who can reverse the spell. Mandy helps by lending Ella her boyfriend Benny, whom she transformed into a talking magical book that can show people in their current surroundings. During her journey, Ella encounters an elf named Slannen, who wants to be a lawyer instead of an entertainer as the laws now require and they are both captured by a group of ogres, who want to eat them. Prince Charmont rescues them and accompanies them to a wedding in the land of giants, en route, Ella opens Chars eyes to the cruelty of the laws oppressing elves and giants established by the acting ruler, Chars uncle Sir Edgar. Char invites Ella to visit the palaces Hall of Records and find Lucinda faster, but Edgars talking snake, Heston, is spying on them. At the palace, Heston tells Edgar about Ellas obedience, which Hattie confirms when Edgar offers her Chars hand in marriage, knowing that Char intends to marry Ella, Edgar orders her to kill him when he proposes, and keep the plan a secret. Edgar also reveals that he murdered Chars father, to save Char, Ella writes him a letter, saying she is leaving permanently and cannot explain why, which breaks his heart. She then asks Slannen to tie her to a tree and get the giants to help, Lucinda then appears before Ella, who asks her to undo the gift of obedience. Lucinda is offended that Ella doesnt like her gift and simply tells Ella to remove it herself. She unties Ella, gives her a dress, and tells her to attend the ball

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Cinderella (2006 film)
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Cinderella is a 2006 South Korean horror film. It was directed by Bong Man-dae and starred Do Ji-won and Shin Se-kyung, a figure carries a birthday cake into a room but drops it in shock as another unknown person commits suicide by hanging herself. Su-kyoung is lying on an operating table ready to undergo plastic surgery and she is extremely nervous and is being comforted by her friend Hyeon-su, whose parents are divorced. Hyeon-su leaves and talks to her mother Yoon-hee, a successful, the two have a good mother-daughter relationship. Meanwhile, Su-kyoung is panicking alone in the operating room and she sees a frightening image of a girl in a dark blue dress and long dark hair. Yoon-hee begins the surgery, telling Su-kyoung that it is time to become pretty, a day later, on Hyeon-sus birthday, she argues with her mother about where to have the party and finally decides to do it in her home. Hyeon-su is later in her art class, making a sculpture of Su-kyoungs face, many girls in the class comment saying that Su-kyoung looks much more attractive than she did before. Hyeon-su accidentally cuts into the face of her sculpture and a large cut subsequently appears on Su-kyoungs cheek and she screams and flees in terror. A mysterious voice shrieks at her saying she wants her face back, Su-kyoungs cut and blood later vanish. Hye-won, another friend, decides to get an eye job from Yoon-hee, meanwhile, Hyeon-su, Jae-hui and Su-kyoung wait at a bus stop while an old woman gives out fliers for her missing granddaughter. Su-kyoung is distant, troubled by earlier events, the bus arrives but Hyeon-su waits for her friend Sung-eon to come. Jae-hui shows instant dislike for Sung-eon, who is tomboyish and closer to Hyeon-su than her other friends, the girls all celebrate Hyeon-sus party and Su-kyoung gives her an expensive doll for a present. When lighting the cake, the same ghost girl that Su-kyoung saw appears next to Hyeon-su, in a hasty panic, Su-kyoung gets in the way of the cake and then goes to the bathroom to wash her face. Su-kyoung admires her face for a second before she sees her face shredded in the reflection and she screams and runs from Hyeon-sus house. Later the two girls look through an album and laugh about what they used to look like. Hyeon-su then tells Sung-eon that she has no childhood pictures, Yoon-hee listens through the door and then walks away. Su-kyoung meanwhile has locked herself inside her room for days and refuses to see anyone and her mother calls Yoon-hee and Hyeon-su to come and help. Su-kyoung lets Hyeon-su in and she tells her there is something wrong with her face

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Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale
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Elle, A Modern Cinderella Tale is a 2010 American teen musical comedy-drama film directed by John and Sean Dunson and starring Ashlee Hewitt and Sterling Knight. The screenplay was written by Bo Ransdell, Ryan Dean and Thomas Martin and produced by Sean Dunson, John Dunson, Hewitt stars as Elle Daniels, an intern who dreams of becoming a singer. Hewitt announced to fans she was filming for the movie on June 20,2009, the film premiered on April 24,2010, at the Newport Beach Film Festival. It was released on DVD on April 26,2011, Elle Daniels has dreamed of being a famous singer-songwriter for as long as she can remember. On the day of her audition for Berklee, the plane her parents are travelling in crashes, crushed, Elle moves in with her uncle Allen, who runs a small, independent record company called Spunn Records. Allen offers Elle a job as an intern and even though this means supporting Spunns biggest act, Elle swallows her pride and tries to forget about her dreams. She becomes good friends with fellow intern Kit, and spends her days phoning radio stations, but then Ty Parker, a famous pop singer extraordinaire, shows up at Spunn, saying that he needs something different, even if it means his fans shunning him. Allen agrees to set him up on a duet with Kandi Kane, surprised and pleased, Elle plays along, leaving at midnight when she receives a text from uncle Allen. After discovering that she accidentally over recorded the Sensation single and feeling guilty for lying to Ty, Ty is determined to find the girl he met with the help of TJ but fails. Stephanie discovers that the song was Elles and Sensation team up with Kandi to show Elle her place. On Kits advice, Elle decides to give love a shot. Ty hears her sing, and Elle is viciously insulted by Sensation, instead of supporting them, Ty walks out and comforts the heartbroken Elle and they start dating. He also convinces her that her talent would never hurt her, Allen also tells Elle that he admired her parents very much and the song that she accidentally over-recorded was beautiful. He also said that Elle helped him remember that he wanted to make music then money, all seems to be well and Ty convinces Elle to audition for Berklee again. They write a song Fairytale together, until Kandi returns for her claim on the single, Ty calls her a horrible person, but agrees to break up with Elle anyway to protect her. Heartbroken, Elle misunderstands everything, which causes Kit and Andy to carry out an investigation where they hear the receptionist calling Kandi Miss Smirkle, although suspicious, Andys courage fails, but Kit kisses him for support and he mans up immediately. After getting immense proof on tape, Kit reveals Brendas secret to Allen, Ty rushes to make Elles audition and arrives just as she is standing tongue-tied on the stage. He backs her up with a guitar and she blows the judges away by singing Fairytale and she is immediately accepted to Berklee and forgives Ty after the performance

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Poor Cinderella
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Poor Cinderella is a 1934 Fleischer Studio animated short film featuring Betty Boop. The first entry in the Color Classics series, Poor Cinderella was Fleischer Studios first color film, in this retelling of the Cinderella story, Betty is the title character, a poor young woman forced to be the virtual slave of her two ugly stepsisters. Betty/Cinderella is visited by her godmother, who grants her wish to attend the princes ball, giving her beautiful clothes, a carriage. During the ball, the prince descends the staircase in royal fashion when he stops and notices Betty standing in the entrance, the two have a wonderful time dancing together, but when midnight strikes, she rushes out of the ball, leaving behind her shoe. The prince searches the land for the woman whose foot fits the slipper, the two are married, and the ugly stepsisters are left to argue with each other until the end titles doors smack their heads together. The short was made in the two-strip Cinecolor process, because Walt Disney had exclusive rights to the new 3-strip Technicolor process from 1932 to 1935, bettys hair was colored red to take advantage of this. The short also used Fleischer Studios Rotograph process, in order to some scenes with additional depth of field. Along with many of the other Color Classics, Poor Cinderella is today in the domain and can be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive. Rudy Vallee appears in caricature, singing the song during the ball sequence and was the second singer to appear in a cartoon

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Cinderella Meets Fella
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Cinderella Meets Fella is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released to theaters on July 23,1938. This short was directed by Tex Avery, the short was written by Tedd Pierce and animated by Virgil Ross. The story starts out as normal, but Cinderella notices the Fairy Godmother is gone, so she calls the police, after some of Fairy Godmothers mixed up magic, Cinderella gets to the ball and finds Prince Charming. Prince Charming cries until he finds out that Cinderella comes back and then they head off together to the tenth row

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Swing Shift Cinderella
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Swing Shift Cinderella is an animated cartoon short subject. It is in the vein as Red Hot Riding Hood. Frank Graham voiced the wolf, and Colleen Collins voiced Cinderella, at the beginning, the Big Bad Wolf is chasing the young version of Little Red Riding Hood from the beginning of Red Hot Riding Hood. But then Little Red stops and points out that the two of them are in the wrong cartoon, the Wolf shoos away Little Red and decides to go and meet Cinderella. He takes a taxi to her house and immediately falls in love with her seeing her. Eventually, Cinderella calls her Fairy Godmother to get rid of him, the second the Fairy Godmother hears that theres a Wolf, she rushes right over. The Fairy Godmother traps the Wolf, then gives Cinderella a sexy dress and transforms a pumpkin into a Woodie for her to go the ball, the oversexed Fairy Godmother then keeps the Wolf busy. She appears before him in an old-fashioned 1890s swimsuit and then an evening gown before trying to snuggle up to him on the couch and she chases him all around Cinderellas house, but the Wolf escapes when he gets the Fairy Godmothers wand, turning Cinderellas bathtub into a convertible. He leaves for the nightclub where Cinderella is performing, with the Fairy Godmother in pursuit, soon after arriving, the Wolf accidentally kisses the Fairy Godmother, thinking she was Cinderella, which only further deepens her lust for the Wolf. Cinderella soon comes out on-stage and performs a dance while singing the song Oh Wolfie. The Wolf howls and chases after Cinderella, but the smitten Godmother uses various methods to him in line. After the performance, more brief chasing ensues until the clock strikes midnight, Cinderellas relieved to be rid of the Wolf, but its revealed that the bus is full of wolves, who start wolf-whistling and catcalling at her. The motor scooter of the fairy godmother displays an A gas ration sticker, Cinderella is a welder, working the midnight shift at the Lockweed Aircraft Plant. There is also a female cabdriver depicted, a frequently used motif during the War, shull, Michael S. Wilt, David E

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The Magic Riddle
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The Magic Riddle is a 1991 Australian animated feature film directed and written by Yoram Gross. Robyn Moore provides the voice of Cindy and various other characters, Cindy, short for Cinderella, lives with her widowed stepmother and two stepsisters, Bertha and Ertha. Cindy is forced to do all of the housework and is effectively a servant, the widow hates Cindy because when her late Grandfather died, he hid his will which the widow knows passes all the family inheritance to Cindy. The widow purposely keeps Cindy busy so that she wont find the will, the widow is also planning to marry her favorite daughter, Bertha, to a handsome young man named Phillipe, though he is smitten with Cindy. One night, Cindy falls asleep before finishing her chores, Ertha, Cindys kinder stepsister, encounters the old lady, who reveals that she is Cindys Grandmother, and was kicked out of the house by the widow after Grandfather died. The same thing happens the night, but the widow wakes up. Ertha, who witnessed everything, tells Cindy about it, the widow is afraid that Grandmother will help Cindy find the will. Cindy, dressed in a red riding hood, arrives at Grandmothers cottage too late and is chased away by a wolf, Cindy sits by a lake, telling her hopes to an ugly duckling, unaware that Phillippe is listening. Phillippe reveals himself and gives her a ring as a token, but their meeting is interrupted by the widow, while in the barn, Cindy discovers the widows wolf costume and realizes what happened. Bertha, who is jealous of Cindy, chases the pigs away from the farm, Ertha advises Cindy to escape to Grandmothers cottage, which she does. There Cindy discovers seven wooden dwarfs and one wooden puppet Pinocchio and they come alive when she kisses them, and they tell her that widow took Grandmother away. The widow wants Cindy back at the working for her. She discovers Cindys music box and decides to lure her back by holding a masked ball, Cindy wants to go, as it is a chance to see Phillippe. The dwarfs make her a costume, but warn her that since her mask is made of snow it will melt at midnight, at the ball, Cindys disguise works and she gets to dance with Phillippe. Meanwhile, Ertha and Pinocchio dance together, when the clock strikes twelve, Cindys disguise melts and she runs away to escape the widow, her friends following close behind. When the widow mocks Ertha for falling for Pinocchio, Ertha retaliates by telling Phillippe that Cindy can be found at Grandmothers house and he heads out to find her, but finds the Castle of a Hundred Doors instead. The dwarfs also find the Castle, but they too get lost inside, the widow goes to the cottage wearing another disguise devised by her magic mirror, this time pretending to be Pinocchios mother. The widow hypnotises Cindy with an apple to fall asleep

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Year of the Fish
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Year of the Fish is a 2007 American animated film based on Ye Xian, a ninth-century Chinese variant of the fairy tale Cinderella, starring Tsai Chin, Randall Duk Kim, Ken Leung and An Nguyen. Written and directed by David Kaplan, the film is set in a parlor in modern-day New Yorks Chinatown. The film was produced by Janet Yang and produced by Rocco Caruso. Kaplans screenplay was developed at the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs and was the recipient of a 2005 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship, Year of the Fish had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Some of the make-up on the characters were removed by the rotoscoping. Year of the Fish premiered as the Official Selection of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was named Best Film at the 2007 Avignon Film Festival, Official website Year Of The Fish at the Internet Movie Database David Kaplan Films Interview with director in Dallas on YouTube

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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True
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Cinderella II, Dreams Come True is the first direct-to-video sequel to the 1950 Disney film Cinderella. It was made in 2001 and released on February 26,2002 and it was followed by Cinderella III, A Twist in Time in 2007. In the royal palace, Cinderellas mice friends Gus and Jaq head to a chamber where the Fairy Godmother is reading the story of Cinderella to the other mice, much to their disappointment, Gus and Jaq arrive just as she has finished the story. With her help, the set off to make a new book to narrate what happens after the Happily Ever After. Cinderella and Prince Charming return from their Honeymoon and Cinderella reunites with her mice friends and she is later put in charge of the palace banquets and parties while the King and Prince Charming are away. A sharp and snobbish woman named Prudence, introduces Cinderella to her ladies in waiting, Beatrice. However, Cinderella is dissatisfied with the way the traditions are run, Prudence is appalled by the changes and exclaims at one point It simply isnt done. Later, Prince Charming and his father arrive at the party, although he seems to be shocked at seeing commoners, the King is satisfied with everything. While sitting on their thrones, Cinderella tells Prince Charming that someday she will get the Princess thing right, the two kiss, ending the segment. The mice add that story to the book as Jaq gets some help from the Fairy Godmother opening a bottle of ink. Proclaiming that he does not like that magic stuff, Gus reminds him of his last encounter with it, looking to impress Mary, a mouse who he has feelings for, Jaq allows the Fairy Godmother to tell his story. Jaq thinks he is too small to help Cinderella in the palace like he did in the first movie. The Fairy Godmother appears to him out, and turns him into a human. However, this does not stop Pom Pom, the palaces snobby cat and he is named Sir Hugh, after coughing while trying to tell Cinderella that he is now human. After an incident with an elephant at a fair, he learns to be happy for who he is and is returned to his mouse form, one of the mice uses the magic dust onto the art supplies, causing them to become animated. The supplies begin to almost destroy the nearly completed book until the Fairy Godmother puts a stop to it, as the mice survey the mess, they reminisce how they have seen worse and Jaq reminds them of the time Anastasia fell in love. Anastasia, one of Cinderellas stepsister, falls in love with a kind but common baker, Lady Tremaine tells her daughter to never speak to the baker as she forbids it. After a mishap in trying to get Anastasia and the Baker together again, Cinderellas mice friends run into Lucifer, Anastasia meets the baker again but the chase involving the mice and Lucifer, causes Anastasia to get kicked by a horse into the bakers shop

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Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
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Cinderella III, A Twist in Time is the second direct-to-video sequel to the 1950 Walt Disney Pictures animated classic Cinderella. The film was released on February 6,2007 and was directed by Frank Nissen and features the voices of Jennifer Hale and it made its world television premiere on Toon Disney on December 3,2007. Cinderella and the Prince are having a picnic to celebrate their one-year anniversary, meanwhile, at the Tremaine mansion, Cinderellas stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella are bitterly doing Cinderellas chores. Anastasia wanders off to work and stumbles upon the picnic. When the Fairy Godmother drops her wand, Anastasia takes it to her mother and sister, in the ensuing struggle, Anastasia inadvertently turns the Fairy Godmother into a garden gnome. Lady Tremaine, reveling at yet another chance to ruin Cinderellas life and she uses the wand to expand the slipper so that it can fit Anastasia, and the Grand Duke declares she must be the girl the Prince is looking for. Cinderella decides to follow Lady Tremaine and her stepsisters to the palace with Jaq, at first the Prince claims Anastasia is not the girl he danced with at the ball, but Lady Tremaine uses the wand to alter his memory, and he accepts Anastasia as his bride. Jaq and Gus witness this and inform Cinderella that Lady Tremaine has the Fairy Godmothers wand, Cinderella poses as a maid to get into the Tremaines room, but she is spotted by Lady Tremaine and captured by the palace guards as an intruder. Cinderella briefly touches the Princes hand and he begins to recognize her, the mice find the Prince and explain the whole story to him, and he rides off to intercept the ship just as it leaves port. The Prince embraces Cinderella and his memories return. He asks her to him, and she accepts. The Prince brings Cinderella back to the palace and explains everything to the King, the King orders the Tremaines arrested, but they escape using the wand. As Cinderella prepares for her wedding, Lady Tremaine emerges with Anastasia, Cinderella races to the castle as the vows are about to be exchanged. At the last moment, Anastasias conscience gets the best of her, Lady Tremaine and Drizella reveal themselves in their anger. The King orders the Tremaines arrested, but Lady Tremaine uses the wand to fend off the guards, during the scuffle the wands magic is deflected, and Lady Tremaine and Drizella are turned into toads and transported to the castle cellar. Retrieving the wand, Anastasia reverts herself to her original form, the Fairy Godmother offers to reverse the timeline to its original state, but Cinderella and the Prince decline. The pair are married and live happily ever after again, in a mid-credits scene, Lady Tremaine and Drizella are turned back into their original selves, but dressed up as maids, much to their horror. This film was Disney Australias final feature, ian Harrowell served as the supervising animator for Cinderella

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Cinderella III: A Twist in Time

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Another Cinderella Story
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The film was released on DVD on September 16,2008. This film is a retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale in a setting with Mary Santiago. Tami, Marys only friend serves as the fairy godmother, a school dance substitutes for the ball, with the role of the glass slipper filled by a Zune. However, she said that the characters are so wafer thin they barely cast a shadow. Walker also gave it three out of five stars, praising the script, saying the writers peppered this story with a dose of humor. However, Walker specifically criticized the glaringly obvious age difference between the 15-year-old Gomez and the 25-year-old Seeley, Another Cinderella Story at the Internet Movie Database Another Cinderella Story at AllMovie Another Cinderella Story at Rotten Tomatoes Another Cinderella Story at the TCM Movie Database

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A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
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A Cinderella Story, Once Upon a Song is a 2011 teen comedy musical film, directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Lucy Hale, Freddie Stroma, Megan Park, Manu Narayan and Missi Pyle. The film is a sequel to the 2008 film, Another Cinderella Story, the film was released on DVD on September 6,2011. 17-year-old aspiring singer Katie Gibbs is over-worked, bullied, and constantly harassed by her stepfamily - mom Gail, teenage sister Bev, despite how badly they treat her, Katie does their bidding with no complaints in fear that they might put her in foster care. In a dream, Katie performs a music video for her hit single, then Victor wakes her up, demanding breakfast. At the Wellesley Academy of the Arts, of which Gail is headmistress, Guy Morgan - president of Massive Records, Katie, wanting to change her life for the better, sneaks her demo CD into Guys briefcase. Guy wants Luke to produce a showcase at the Academy, Luke. Back at home, Bev wants to win a contract with Guy. Bev, however, is a singer, the more she practices. Guy calls Gail, who is shocked to hear that he loves Katies demo, Gail tells him that it was Bevs demo, that Katie stole it. Meanwhile, Victor steals Katies clothes and towel while she showers, unable to get back inside, Katie trips over a visiting Luke, thinking fast, she covers herself up using the WELCOME mat. Amused by the situation, Luke gives her his jacket, while Bev welcomes Luke, Gail barges into Katies room and forces her to sing. Then, after shoving Luke out of the house, Gail plans to get Bev a record deal by using Katies voice, Bev is reluctant, but goes along with this in order to win Lukes affections. At school, Katie and her best friend Angela hear Luke singing, the entranced Katie writes a song of her own, for him, and admits that she likes him. Angela urges Katie to sing for him at the Bollywood Ball that night, Gail orders Katie to babysit Victor tonight, since she wants Bev to win Luke over at the Ball. Katie pleads with Tony, Gails guru to watch Victor while she goes to the Ball, there Katie leads Luke outside and sings. He is entranced by her voice, Angela challenges Gail to a Bollywood dance-off. Gail loses and then leaves the Ball, Katie tries to beat Gail home, but with no success. Now its Katies turn to get blackmailed, Gail vows to expel Angela from the Academy - which will ruin her chances of getting into Juilliard - unless Katie sings for Bev, to save Angelas music career, Katie goes along with Gail